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He whimpered and moaned, and at last howled with pain. He rolled over and looked up, and there was the stick hanging in the air above him. He put up his hands clasped as though in prayer, and down it came on his knuckles. He did not howl this time. HE WHIMPERED AND MOANED AND AT LAST HOWLED WITH PAIN HE ROLLED OVER AND LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS THE STICK HANGING IN THE AIR ABOVE HIM HE PUT UP HIS HANDS CLASPED AS THOUGH IN PRAYER AND DOWN IT CAME ON HIS KNUCKLES HE DID NOT HOWL THIS TIME
imbs, dumb with wonder and fear. The hand led them down the passage, round the corner, and into the study. Then it released them. They heard the door shut and the key turn in the lock. Then there was a click, and the electric cluster above the writing-table shone out, apparently of its own volition. The woman uttered a low scream, and cowered down in a corner of a big sofa that stood by the bay-window. The man, after one terrified glance round the room, began to creep towards the open sash; but the invisible hand gripped him by the collar and pulled him back. His trembling knees gave way under him, and he rolled in a heap on the floor. Then, to his wondering horror, he saw a stout blackthorn stick which was standing in a corner of the room, jump up into the air and leap towards him. He put his head down on to the carpet, covered his eyes with his hands, and began to moan with terror. The stick came down with what seemed to him superhuman force again and again on his back and shoulders. FEET AND SHAKING LIMBS DUMB WITH WONDER AND FEAR THE HAND LED THEM DOWN THE PASSAGE ROUND THE CORNER AND INTO THE STUDY THEN IT RELEASED THEM THEY HEARD THE DOOR SHUT AND THE KEY TURNED IN THE LOCK THEN THERE WAS A CLICK AND THE ELECTRIC CLUSTER ABOVE THE WRITING TABLE SHONE OUT APPARENTLY OF ITS OWN VOLITION THE WOMAN UTTERED A LOW SCREAM AND COWERED DOWN IN THE CORNER OF A BIG SOFA THAT STOOD BY THE BAY WINDOW THE MAN AFTER ONE TERRIFIED GLANCE AROUND THE ROOM BEGAN TO CREEP TOWARDS THE OPEN SASH BUT THE INVISIBLE HAND GRIPPED HIM BY THE COLLAR AND PULLED HIM BACK HIS TREMBLING KNEES GAVE WAY UNDER HIM AND HE ROLLED IN A HEAP ON THE FLOOR THEN TO HIS WONDERING HORROR HE SAW A STOUT BLACKTHORN STICK WHICH WAS STANDING IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM JUMP UP INTO THE AIR AND LEAP TOWARDS HIM HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE CARPET COVERED HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDS AND BEGAN TO MOAN WITH TERROR THE STICK CAME DOWN WITH WHAT SEEMED TO HIM A SUPERNATURAL FORCE AGAIN AND AGAIN ON HIS BACK AND SHOULDERS
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