And some the waving of a gown:

The guests in silence prayed and shook,

And terror dimmed each lofty look,

But none of all the astonished train

Was so dismayed as Deloraine,

&c. &c.

At length, by fits, he darkly told,

With broken hint, and shuddering cold,

That he had seen, right certainly,

A shape with amice wrapped around,