Stonily he had disengaged himself. "Where is he?" he cried. There were menacing possibilities;
the thought of them set him a-tremble. “Are you A, B, C,
or D?” he asked. If so, do not hesitate
to tell me. The necessity which had previously existed of leaving the ghastly evidence of
the murderous deed undisturbed,—the presence of the mangled corpse,—the
bustle of the inquest, at which her attendance was required,—all these
circumstances produced a harrowing effect upon the young girl's imagination. Find them at Remenham
House—if you can. What she had termed illuminative now
appeared to be only another phase of the mystery which enveloped the child. "
"It is life. Of course, this
does not apply to uninteresting old maids," Prudence modified with a dry little
smile. ”
“Why?” she asked. By a tacit agreement they ignored the significant thing between them, ignored
the slipping away of the ground on which they had stood together hitherto. After debating with himself whether he should further seek an interview, which,
though, now in his power, was so sedulously shunned by the other party, he
decided in the negative; and contenting himself with writing upon a slip of paper
the hasty words,—"You are known by the villagers,—be upon your guard,"—he
gave it to the ostler, with instructions to deliver it instantly to the owner of the
horse he pointed out, and pursued his course.
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