But—it’s one of the things I’ve
just been thinking over. I haven’t murdered any one, or broken the law in any way that I
know of. ’
‘You say—what?’ gasped Melusine. Stanley. Vampires are
very lonely creatures, John. ”
Chapter XIX
“THIS IS NOT THE END”
“I said some afternoon,” she remarked, throwing open her warm coat, and taking
off her gloves, “but I certainly did not mean to-day. To find the incentive! But how? Thither and yon the idea
roved, seeking the way. Kneebone, then, sat down to await the arrival of his expected guest. “By Jove!” he exclaimed. Descending the hollow, or rather excavation,—for it was an old disused clay-pit,
at the bottom of which the cottage was situated,—he speedily succeeded in
arousing the ancient sibyl, and having committed Edgeworth Bess to her care,
with a promise of an abundant reward in case she watched diligently over her
safety, and attended to her comforts till his return,—to all which Black Mary
readily agreed,—he departed with a heart lightened of half its load. He could not kiss Ruth. . She thought of her father in the garden, and of her aunt with her Patience, as she
had seen them—how many ages was it ago? Just one day intervened.
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