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woman isn’t much freer—in reality. A mutual recognition took place at the same instant between the
stranger and this individual. Everything in this world changed—except human folly. Don't build your hopes too high; but I will do what I can. “Indeed I shall not forget your offer. Kneebone and his
friends would be glad of a little refreshment. Would there be enough in the
young man's envelope to pay the doctor and the hotel bill—and in the event of
his death, enough to ship the body home? So all things pointed to the happy
circumstance of setting this young fool upon his feet again, of seeing him hence
upon his journey. ‘Housebreaking, Hilary? I take the matter of housebreaking
very seriously, I’ll have you know. The major will not call. ‘You are too shrewd for me, ma’am. In a fit of despondency, superinduced
by drunkenness, he made away with himself; and when the body was discovered,
after a lapse of some months, such was the impression produced by the spectacle
—such the alarm occasioned by the crazy state of the building, and, above all, by
the terror inspired by strange and unearthly noises heard during the night, which
were, of course, attributed to the spirit of the suicide, that the place speedily
enjoyed the reputation of being haunted, and was, consequently, entirely
abandoned. ”
He rose from his chair, and walked restlessly up and down the room.
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