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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." 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
was some reading aloud. The evening passed much in the same way as the preceding one, except that Lynton, who had some business, did not go down to the smoking-room, and I took the opportunity of retiring early in order to write a letter for 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 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. A AFTER WHICH THERE WAS SOME READING ALOUD THE EVENING PASSED MUCH IN THE SAME WAY AS THE PRECEDING ONE EXCEPT THAT LYNTON WHO HAD SOME BUSINESS DID NOT GO DOWN TO THE SMOKING ROOM AND I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF RETIRING EARLY IN ORDER TO WRITE A LETTER FOR 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
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