Her eyes travelled about the room as if in appeal to the very chairs. ’ She shook her head. 1. The annihilation of the Terror which fascinated her and troubled her dreams o' nights. Bold women certainly existed in the Middle Ages--Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is evidence of this--but meek women were probably the norm, good Christian family ladies who wanted nothing more than to serve God and have children. Awful shapes seemed to flit by, borne on the wings of the tempest, animating and directing its fury. Earles said, with a resigned sigh, “but I shall rely upon you to stick to me so long as I do the right thing by you.