swiftly and steadily towards me across that incredible distance , drawingdrawnearer every minute by so many thousands of miles , camecomethe Thing they were sendingsendus , the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth .
Arrivingarriveat the verge of the town , he dismounteddismount, and sendingsendthe servant forward with the horses , proceededproceedtoward the place , where , in the midst of an extensive pleasure ground , stood the mansion which contained the lovely Charlotte Temple .