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But, not for long. Presently, the chateau began to make itself

strangely visible by some light of its own, as though it were

growing luminous. Then, a flickering streak played behind the

architecture of the front, picking out transparent places, and

showing where balustrades, arches, and windows were. Then it

soared higher, and grew broader and brighter. Soon, from a score

of the great windows, flames burst forth, and the stone faces

awakened, stared out of fire.