We were scarcely up one morning, and had got to work in
putting the last hand to our winding staircase, when we heard
at a distance two strange kind of voices, that resembled the bowlings of wild beasts, mixed with hissings and sounds of some
creature at its last gasp ; and I was not without uneasiness: our dogs too pricked up their ears, and seemed to whet their teeth for a sanguinary combat with a dangerous enemy... #story #audiobook AcreSoft Story Classic