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The monk opened the door and entered the room. A dim lurid light pervaded the desolate abode of darkness, and it just sufficed to give to his view a sight of the most singular description. In the room were many buried corpses in gloomy coffins. At the upper end of the vault, at a rude table formed of a decayed coffin, or something which once served the same purpose, were sitting three monks. They said to him to read the secret book? What happened next? Read the story to know!