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"Did you think you'd seen it?" he asked, after an appreciable interval. "Why, I actually took you for it, my dear, in my mad determination to spot it!" "Me    just now?" DID YOU THINK YOU'D SEEN IT HE ASKED AFTER AN APPRECIABLE INTERVAL WHY I ACTUALLY TOOK YOU FOR IT MY DEAR IN MY MAD DETERMINATION TO SPOT IT ME JUST NOW
 mere blot of deeper gray in the grayness, and for an instant, as it moved toward her, her heart thumped to the thought, "It's the ghost!" She had time, in that long instant, to feel suddenly that the man of whom, two months earlier, she had a brief distant vision from the roof was now, at his predestined hour, about to reveal himself as not having been Peters; and her spirit sank under the impending fear of the disclosure. But almost with the next tick of the clock the ambiguous figure, gaining substance and character, showed itself even to her weak sight as her husband's; and she turned away to meet him, as he entered, with the confession of her folly. "It's really too absurd," she laughed out from the threshold, "but I never can remember!" "Remember what?" Boyne questioned as they drew together. "That when one sees the Lyng ghost one never knows it." Her hand was on his sleeve, and he kept it there, but with no response in his gesture or in the lines of his fagged, preoccupied face. E COURT A FIGURE SHAPED ITSELF FAR DOWN THE PERSPECTIVE OF BARE LIMES IT LOOKED A MERE BLOT OF DEEPER GRAY IN THE GREYNESS AND FOR AN INSTANT AS IT MOVED TOWARD HER HER HEART THUMPED TO THE THOUGHT IT'S THE GHOST SHE HAD TIME IN THAT LONG INSTANT TO FEEL SUDDENLY THAT THE MAN OF WHOM TWO MONTHS EARLIER SHE HAD HAD A DISTANT VISION FROM THE ROOF WAS NOW AT HIS PREDESTINED HOUR ABOUT TO REVEAL HIMSELF AS NOT HAVING BEEN PETER'S AND HER SPIRIT SANK UNDER THE IMPENDING FEAR OF THE DISCLOSURE BUT ALMOST WITH THE NEXT TICK OF THE CLOCK THE FIGURE GAINING SUBSTANCE AND CHARACTER SHOWED ITSELF EVEN TO HER WEAK SIGHT AS HER HUSBAND'S AND SHE TURNED TO MEET HIM AS HE ENTERED WITH THE CONFESSION OF HER FOLLY IT'S REALLY TOO ABSURD SHE LAUGHED UP BUT I NEVER CAN REMEMBER REMEMBER WHAT BOYNE QUESTIONED AS THEY DREW TOGETHER THAT WHEN ONE SEES THE LYING GHOST ONE NEVER KNOWS IT HER HAND WAS ON HIS SLEEVE AND HE KEPT IT THERE BUT WITH NO RESPONSE IN HIS GESTURE OR IN THE LINES OF HIS PREOCCUPIED FACE
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