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"There was someone certainly moving overhead last night," I answered, "for I heard his steps as distinctly as I ever heard anything in my life, going down the gallery." THERE WAS SOMEONE CERTAINLY MOVING OVERHEAD LAST NIGHT I ANSWERED FOR I HEARD HIS STEPS AS DISTINCTLY AS I EVER HEARD ANYTHING IN MY LIFE GOING DOWN THE GALLERY
aving been said as to the prospect of hunting the next day. I had finished my letter, which was a long one, together with two or three others, and had just got into bed when I heard a step overhead as of someone walking along the gallery, which I now knew ran immediately above my room. It was a slow, heavy, measured tread which I could hear getting gradually louder and nearer, and then as gradually fading away as it retreated into the distance. I was startled for a moment, having been informed that the gallery was unused; but the next instant it occurred to me that I had been told it communicated with a chamber where Sir Francis kept books and papers. I knew he had some writing to do, and I thought no more on the matter. I was down the next morning at breakfast in good time. "How late you were last night!" I said to Lynton, in the middle of breakfast. "I heard you overhead after one o'clock." Lynton replied rather shortly, "Indeed you did not, for I was in bed last night before twelve. THE INDIAN MAIL SOMETHING HAVING BEEN SAID AS TO THE PROSPECT OF HUNTING THE NEXT DAY I HAD FINISHED MY LETTER WHICH WAS A LONG ONE TOGETHER WITH TWO OR THREE OTHERS AND HAD JUST GOT INTO BED WHEN I HEARD A STEP OVERHEAD AS OF SOME ONE WALKING ALONG THE GALLERY WHICH I NOW KNEW RAN IMMEDIATELY ABOVE MY ROOM IT WAS A SLOW HEAVY MEASURED TREAD WHICH I COULD HEAR GETTING GRADUALLY LOUDER AND NEARER AND THEN AS GRADUALLY FADING AWAY AS IT RETREATED INTO THE DISTANCE I WAS STARTLED FOR A MOMENT HAVING BEEN INFORMED THAT THE GALLERY WAS UNUSED BUT THE NEXT INSTANT IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I HAD BEEN TOLD IT COMMUNICATED WITH A CHAMBER WHERE SIR FRANCIS KEPT BOOKS AND PAPERS I KNEW HE HAD SOME WRITING TO DO AND I THOUGHT NO MORE ON THE MATTER I WAS DOWN THE NEXT MORNING AT BREAKFAST IN GOOD TIME HOW LATE YOU WERE LAST NIGHT I SAID TO LYNTON IN THE MIDDLE OF BREAKFAST I HEARD YOU OVERHEAD AFTER ONE O'CLOCK LYNTON REPLIED RATHER SHORTLY INDEED YOU DID NOT FOR I WAS IN BED LAST NIGHT BEFORE TWELVE
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