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No wonder Beatrice had been frightened. Was there some mysterious life in the thing, after all? Why should these indefinite forebodings come over him as he looked at her!—But he was growing as childish as Beatrice. NO WONDER BEATRICE HAD BEEN FRIGHTENED WAS THERE SOME MYSTERIOUS LIFE IN THE THING AFTER ALL WHY SHOULD THESE INDEFINITE FOREBODINGS COME OVER HIM AS HE LOOKED AT HER BUT HE WAS GROWING AS CHILDISH AS BEATRICE
you, Beatrice, don't you?" "Of course I do, dear; and it was sweet of you to buy her for my sake, and I'm quite silly to-night. To-morrow I shall think nothing about her. Still, dear, she does frighten me, I can't tell why. There seems something malignant about her, something that threatens our happiness. Oh, how silly I am—" Meanwhile, Antony had lit an old brass lantern, and presently he was flashing his way up among the dark sounds of the black old wood, with that ghostly face tenderly pressed against his side. He stopped once to turn his lantern upon her. How mysterious she looked, here in the night, under the dark pines! He too felt a little haunted as he climbed his châlet staircase and unlocked the door, every sound he made echoing fatefully in the silent wood; and when he had found a place for the image and hung her there, she certainly looked a ghostly companion for the midnight lamp, in the middle of a wood. How strangely she smiled, the smile almost of one taking possession. CRILEGE YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE YOU BEATRICE DON'T YOU OF COURSE I DO DEAR AND IT WAS SWEET OF YOU TO BUY HER FOR MY SAKE AND I'M QUITE SILLY TO NIGHT TOMORROW I SHALL THINK NOTHING ABOUT HER STILL DEAR SHE DOES FRIGHTEN ME I CAN'T TELL WHY THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING MALIGNANT ABOUT HER SOMETHING THAT THREATENS OUR HAPPINESS OH HOW SILLY I AM MEANWHILE ANTONY HAD LIT AN OLD BRASS LANTERN AND PRESENTLY HE WAS FLASHING HIS WAY UP AMONG THE DARK SOUNDS OF THE BLACK OLD WOOD WITH THAT GHOSTLY FACE TENDERLY PRESSED AGAINST HIS SIDE HE STOPPED ONCE TO TURN HIS LANTERN UPON HER HOW MYSTERIOUS SHE LOOKED HERE IN THE NIGHT UNDER THE DARK PINES HE TOO FELT A LITTLE HAUNTED AS HE CLIMBED HIS SHALLOW STAIRCASE AND UNLOCKED THE DOOR EVERY SOUND HE MADE ECHOING FATEFULLY IN THE SILENT WOOD AND WHEN HE HAD FOUND A PLACE FOR THE IMAGE AND HUNG HER THERE SHE CERTAINLY LOOKED A GHOSTLY COMPANION FOR THE MIDNIGHT LAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF A WOOD HOW STRANGELY SHE SMILED THE SMILE ALMOST OF ONE TAKING POSSESSION
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