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Trimmle, standing there by the lamp, seemed suddenly to grow less round and rosy, as though eclipsed by the same creeping shade of apprehension. "But the kitchen maid knows    wasn't it the kitchen maid who let him in?" "She doesn't know either, Madam, for he wrote his name on a folded paper." TRIMMEL STANDING THERE BY THE LAMP SEEMED SUDDENLY TO GROW LESS ROUND AND ROSY AS THOUGH ECLIPSED BY THE SAME CREEPING SHADE OF APPREHENSION BUT THE KITCHEN MAID KNOWS WASN'T IT THE KITCHEN MAID WHO LET HIM IN SHE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER MA'AM FOR HE WROTE HIS NAME ON A FOLDED PAPER
bly breathing and lurking among the shadows. Her short-sighted eyes strained through them, half discerning an actual presence, something aloof, that watched and knew; and in the recoil from that intangible propinquity she threw herself suddenly on the bell-rope and gave it a desperate pull. The long, quavering summons brought Trimmle in precipitately with a lamp, and Mary breathed again at this sobering reappearance of the usual. "You may bring tea if Mr. Boyne is in," she said, to justify her ring. "Very well, Madam. But Mr. Boyne is not in," said Trimmle, putting down the lamp. "Not in? You mean he's come back and gone out again?" "No, Madam. He's never been back." The dread stirred again, and Mary knew that now it had her fast. "Not since he went out with -- the gentleman?" "Not since he went out with the gentleman." "But who was the gentleman?" Mary gasped out, with the sharp note of some one trying to be heard through a confusion of meaningless noises. "That I couldn't say, Madam. E STOOD ALONE IN THE LONG SILENT ROOM HER DREAD SEEMED TO TAKE SHAPE AND SOUND TO BE THERE BREATHING AND LURKING AMONG THE SHADOWS HER SHORT SIGHTED EYES STRAINED THROUGH THEM HALF DISCERNING IN ACTUAL PRESENCE SOMETHING ALOOF THAT WATCHED AND KNEW AND IN THE RECOIL FROM THAT INTANGIBLE PRESENCE SHE THREW HERSELF ON THE BELL ROPE AND GAVE IT A SHARP PULL THE SHARP SUMMONS BROUGHT TRIMMLE IMPRECIPITATELY WITH A LAMP AND MARY BREATHED AGAIN AT THIS SOBERING REAPPEARANCE OF THE USUAL YOU MAY BRING TEA IF MISTER BOYNE IS IN SHE SAID TO JUSTIFY HER RING VERY WELL MADAM BUT MISTER BOYNE IS NOT IN SAID TRIMMLE PUTTING DOWN THE LAMP NOT IN YOU MEAN HE'S COME BACK AND GONE OUT AGAIN NO MUM HE'S NEVER BEEN BACK THE DREAD STIRRED AGAIN AND MARY KNEW THAT NOW IT HAD HER FAST NOT SINCE HE WENT OUT WITH THE GENTLEMAN NOT SINCE HE WENT OUT WITH THE GENTLEMAN BUT WHO WAS THE GENTLEMAN MARY INSISTED WITH THE SHRILL NOTE OF SOMEONE TRYING TO BE HEARD THROUGH A CONFUSION OF NOISES THAT I COULDN'T SAY MUM
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