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Then he took me into his private snuggery, blew up the fire, lighted a lamp, and said: "I shall be really grateful if you will say nothing about this. THEN HE TOOK ME INTO HIS PRIVATE SNUGGERY BLEW UP THE FIRE LIGHTED A LAMP AND SAID I SHALL BE REALLY GRATEFUL IF YOU WILL SAY NOTHING ABOUT THIS
prung to the end of the corridor and thrown open the door there. He went into the room beyond, looked round it, returned, and said: "You must have been dreaming." By this time I was out of bed. "Look for yourself," said he, and he led me into the little room. It was bare, with cupboards and boxes, a sort of lumber-place. "There is nothing beyond this," said he, "no door, no staircase. It is a _cul-de-sac_." Then he added: "Now pull on your dressing-gown and come downstairs to my sanctum." I followed him, and after he had spoken to Lady Lynton, who was standing with the door of her room ajar in a state of great agitation, he turned to me and said: "No one can have been in your room. You see my and my wife's apartments are close below, and no one could come up the spiral staircase without passing my door. You must have had a nightmare. Directly you screamed I rushed up the steps, and met no one descending; and there is no place of concealment in the lumber-room at the end of the gallery.  THEN I SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM AND SAID WITHOUT MOVING THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM GONE IN THITHER HE WENT INTO THE ROOM BEYOND LOOKED ROUND IT RETURNED AND SAID YOU MUST HAVE BEEN DREAMING BY THIS TIME I WAS OUT OF BED LOOK FOR YOURSELF SAID HE AND HE LED ME INTO THE LITTLE ROOM IT WAS BARE WITH CUPBOARDS AND BOXES A SORT OF LUMBER PLACE THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THIS SAID HE NO DOOR NO STAIRCASE IT IS A CUL DE SAC THEN HE ADDED NOW PULL ON YOUR DRESSING GOWN AND COME DOWNSTAIRS TO MY SANCTUM I FOLLOWED HIM AND AFTER HE HAD SPOKEN TO LADY LYNTON WHO WAS STANDING WITH THE DOOR OF HER ROOM AJAR IN A STATE OF GREAT AGITATION HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID NO ONE CAN HAVE BEEN IN YOUR ROOM YOU SEE MY AND MY WIFE'S APARTMENTS ARE CLOSE BELOW AND NO ONE COULD COME UP THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE WITHOUT PASSING MY DOOR YOU MUST HAVE HAD A NIGHTMARE DIRECTLY YOU SCREAMED I RUSHED UP THE STEPS AND MET NO ONE DESCENDING AND THERE IS NO PLACE OF CONCEALMENT IN THE LUMBER ROOM AT THE END OF THE GALLERY
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