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Mary rose up, and he looked into her eyes, and his heart grew cold within him. MARY ROSE UP AND HE LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND HIS HEART GREW COLD WITHIN HIM
en sat so still that they could hear the ticking of the tall old-fashioned clock that stood outside in the hall, and in the mind of one of them the slow monotony of sound woke up a far, far memory. He was looking intently at the small pen-and-ink sketch of the woman’s head; it had evidently been drawn with great care, and by a true artist, for the woman’s soul looked out of the eyes, and the lips were parted with a strange smile. Clarke gazed still at the face; it brought to his memory one summer evening, long ago; he saw again the long lovely valley, the river winding between the hills, the meadows and the cornfields, the dull red sun, and the cold white mist rising from the water. He heard a voice speaking to him across the waves of many years, and saying “Clarke, Mary will see the god Pan!” and then he was standing in the grim room beside the doctor, listening to the heavy ticking of the clock, waiting and watching, watching the figure lying on the green chair beneath the lamplight. VE MINUTES OR MORE THE TWO MEN SAT SO STILL THAT THEY COULD HEAR THE TICKING OF THE TALL OLD FASHIONED CLOCK THAT STOOD OUTSIDE IN THE HALL AND IN THE MIND OF ONE OF THEM A SLOW MONOTONY OF SOUND WOKE UP A FAR FAR MEMORY HE WAS LOOKING INTENTLY AT THE SMALL PEN AND INK SKETCH OF THE WOMAN'S HEAD IT HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN DRAWN WITH GREAT CARE AND BY A TRUE ARTIST FOR THE WOMAN'S SOUL LOOKED OUT OF THE EYES AND THE LIPS WERE PARTED WITH A STRANGE SMILE CLARKE GAZED STILL AT THE FACE IT BROUGHT TO HIS MEMORY ONE SUMMER EVENING LONG AGO HE SAW AGAIN THE LONG LOVELY VALLEY THE RIVER WINDING BETWEEN THE HILLS THE MEADOWS AND THE CORNFIELDS THE DULL RED SUN AND THE COLD WHITE MIST RISING FROM THE WATER HE HEARD A VOICE SPEAKING TO HIM ACROSS THE WAVES OF MANY YEARS AND SAYING CLARK MARY WILL SEE THE GOD PAN AND THEN HE WAS STANDING IN THE GRIM ROOM BESIDE THE DOCTOR LISTENING TO THE HEAVY TICKING OF THE CLOCK WAITING AND WATCHING WATCHING THE FIGURE LYING ON THE GREEN CHAIR BENEATH THE LAMPLIGHT
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