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I again watched the lighted window, and immediately that the sound reached that portion of the long passage it ceased momentarily, and I saw, as distinctly as I ever saw anything in my life, by moonlight, a figure of a man with marked features, in what appeared to be a fur cap drawn over the brows. I AGAIN WATCHED THE LIGHTED WINDOW AND IMMEDIATELY THAT THE SOUND REACHED THAT PORTION OF THE LONG PASSAGE IT CEASED MOMENTARILY AND I SAW AS DISTINCTLY AS I EVER SAW ANYTHING IN MY LIFE BY MOONLIGHT A FIGURE OF A MAN WITH MARKED FEATURES IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FUR CAP DRAWN OVER THE BROWS
ouse. A minute or two passed, and I began almost to fancy I must have been mistaken, when I distinctly heard the creak of the door, and then the click of the latch falling back into its place. Then I heard a sound on the boards as of one moving in the gallery. I sat up to listen, and as I did so I distinctly heard steps coming down the gallery. I heard them approach and pass my bed. I could see nothing, all was dark; but I heard the tread proceeding towards the further portion of the gallery where were the uncurtained and unshuttered windows, two in number; but the moon shone through only one of these, the nearer; the other was dark, shadowed by the chapel or some other building at right angles. The tread seemed to me to pause now and again, and then continue as before. I now fixed my eyes intently on the one illumined window, and it appeared to me as if some dark body passed across it: but what? I listened intently, and heard the step proceed to the end of the gallery and then return. ITFUL GUSTS AROUND THE HOUSE A MINUTE OR TWO PASSED AND I BEGAN ALMOST TO FANCY I MUST HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN WHEN I DISTINCTLY HEARD THE CREAK OF THE DOOR AND THEN THE CLICK OF THE LATCH FALLING BACK INTO ITS PLACE THEN I HEARD A SOUND ON THE BOARDS AS OF ONE MOVING IN THE GALLERY I SAT UP TO LISTEN AND AS I DID SO I DISTINCTLY HEARD STEPS COMING DOWN THE GALLERY I HEARD THEM APPROACH AND PASS MY BED I COULD SEE NOTHING ALL WAS DARK BUT I HEARD THE TREAD PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE FURTHER PORTION OF THE GALLERY WHERE WERE THE UNCURTAINED AND UNSHUTTERED WINDOWS TWO IN NUMBER BUT THE MOON SHONE THROUGH ONLY ONE OF THESE THE NEARER THE OTHER WAS DARK SHADOWED BY THE CHAPEL OR SOME OTHER BUILDING AT RIGHT ANGLES THE TREAD SEEMED TO ME TO PAUSE NOW AND AGAIN AND THEN CONTINUE AS BEFORE I NOW FIXED MY EYES INTENTLY ON THE ONE ILLUMINED WINDOW AND IT APPEARED TO ME AS IF SOME DARK BODY PASSED ACROSS IT BUT WHAT I LISTENED INTENTLY AND HEARD THE STEP PROCEED TO THE END OF THE GALLERY AND THEN RETURN
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