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It was bare, with cupboards and boxes, a sort of lumber place. "There is nothing beyond this," said he, "no door, no staircase. IT WAS BARE WITH CUPBOARDS AND BOXES A SORT OF LUMBER PLACE THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THIS SAID HE NO DOOR NO STAIRCASE
nightmare, I called: "Who are you?" There was an instant during which my hair bristled on my head, as in the horror of the darkness I prepared to grapple with the being at my side; when a board creaked as if someone had moved, and I heard the footsteps retreat, and again the click of the latch. The next instant there was a rush on the stairs and Lynton burst into the room, just as he had sprung out of bed, crying: "For God's sake, what is the matter? Are you ill?" I could not answer. Lynton struck a light and leant over the bed. Then I seized him by the arm, and said without moving: "There has been something in this room--gone in thither." The words were hardly out of my mouth when Lynton, following the direction of my eyes, had sprung 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.  ANCY SPARKS THAT GAVE OUT A GLARE IN THE DARKNESS AND BY THAT RED AS BLOOD I SAW A FACE NEAR ME WITH A CRY OVER WHICH I HAD AS LITTLE CONTROL AS THE SCREAM UTTERED BY A SLEEPER IN THE AGONY OF A NIGHTMARE I CALLED WHO ARE YOU THERE WAS AN INSTANT DURING WHICH MY HAIR BRISTLED ON MY HEAD AS IN THE HORROR OF THE DARKNESS I PREPARED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE BEING AT MY SIDE WHEN A BOARD CREAKED AS IF SOME ONE HAD MOVED AND I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS RETREAT AND AGAIN THE CLICK OF THE LATCH THE NEXT INSTANT THERE WAS A RUSH ON THE STAIRS AND LYNTON BURST INTO THE ROOM JUST AS HE HAD SPRUNG OUT OF BED CRYING FOR GOD'S SAKE WHAT IS THE MATTER ARE YOU ILL I COULD NOT ANSWER LYNTON STRUCK A LIGHT AND LEANT OVER THE BED 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 
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