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English
1336
They seemed to be piling themselves up, as evening fell, like the layers and layers of velvet shadow dropping from the low ceiling, the dusky walls of books, the smoke blurred sculpture of the hooded hearth. "Why, of course    the house is haunted!" she reflected. THEY SEEMED TO BE PILING THEMSELVES UP AS EVENING FELL LIKE THE LAYERS AND LAYERS OF VELVET SHADOW DROPPING FROM THE LOW CEILING THE ROWS OF BOOKS THE SMOKE BLURRED SCULPTURE OF THE HEARTH WHY OF COURSE THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED SHE REFLECTED
f "worry" had never branded his brow. Yet the few pages he had so far read to her -- the introduction, and a synopsis of the opening chapter -- gave evidences of a firm possession of his subject, and a deepening confidence in his powers. The fact threw her into deeper perplexity, since, now that he had done with "business" and its disturbing contingencies, the one other possible element of anxiety was eliminated. Unless it were his health, then? But physically he had gained since they had come to Dorsetshire, grown robuster, ruddier, and fresher-eyed. It was only within a week that she had felt in him the undefinable change that made her restless in his absence, and as tongue-tied in his presence as though it were she who had a secret to keep from him! The thought that there was a secret somewhere between them struck her with a sudden smart rap of wonder, and she looked about her down the dim, long room. "Can it be the house?" she mused. The room itself might have been full of secrets. AGGED TO THE VERGE OF ILLNESS BUT THE NATIVE DEMON OF WORRY HAD NEVER BRANDED HIS BROW YET THE FEW PAGES HE HAD SO FAR READ TO HER THE INTRODUCTION AND THE SUMMARY OF THE OPENING CHAPTER SHOWED A FIRM HOLD ON HIS SUBJECT AND AN INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWERS THE FACT THREW HER INTO DEEPER PERPLEXITY SINCE NOW THAT HE HAD DONE WITH BUSINESS AND ITS DISTURBING CONTINGENCIES THE ONE OTHER POSSIBLE SOURCE OF ANXIETY WAS ELIMINATED UNLESS IT WERE HIS HEALTH THEN BUT PHYSICALLY HE HAD GAINED SINCE THEY HAD COME TO DORSETSHIRE GROWN ROBUSTER RUDDIER AND FRESHER EYED TWAS ONLY WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THAT SHE HAD FELT IN HIM THE INDEFINABLE CHANGE WHICH MADE HER RESTLESS IN HIS ABSENCE AND AS TONGUE TIED IN HIS PRESENCE AS THOUGH IT WERE SHE WHO HAD A SECRET TO KEEP FROM HIM THE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SECRET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THEM STRUCK HER WITH A SUDDEN WRAP OF WONDER AND SHE LOOKED ABOUT HER DOWN THE LONG ROOM CAN IT BE THE HOUSE SHE MUSED THE ROOM ITSELF MIGHT HAVE BEEN FULL OF SECRETS
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