There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.
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The Pit and The Pendulum
Mystery / Thrillerby Edgar Allan Poe American Literature *The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition.