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And the days went on, and lessons with Mr. Parados were a sort of Inquisition torture to Dickie. AND THE DAYS WENT ON THE LESSONS WITH MISTER PARADOSE WERE A SORT OF INQUISITION TORTURE TO DICKIE
ollowed was a mist of horrible things. When the mist cleared Dickie found himself alone in the house with Mr. Parados, the nurse, and the servants, for the Earl and Countess of Arden, Edred, and Elfrida were lodged in the Tower of London on a charge of high treason. For this was, it seemed, the Fifth of November, the day on which the Gunpowder Plot should have been carried out; and Elfrida it was, and not Mr. Tresham, Lord Monteagle's cousin, who had given away the whole business. But how had Elfrida known? Could it be that she had dreams like his, and in those dreams visited later times when all this was matter of history? Dickie's brain felt fat--swollen--as though it would burst, and he was glad to go to bed--even in that cupboardy place with the panels. But he begged the nurse to leave the panel open. And when he woke next day it was all true. His aunt and uncle and his two cousins were in the Tower and gloom hung over Arden House in Soho like a black thunder-cloud over a mountain. E HEARD ELFRIDA SAY WHAT FOLLOWED WAS A MIST OF HORRIBLE THINGS WHEN THE MIST CLEARED DICKIE FOUND HIMSELF ALONE IN THE HOUSE WITH MISTER PARADOSE THE NURSE AND THE SERVANTS FOR THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF ARDEN EDRED AND ELFRIDA WERE LODED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON FOR THIS WAS IT SEEMED THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER THE DAY ON WHICH THE GUNPOWDER PLOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AND ELFRIDA IT WAS AND NOT MISTER TRESHAM LORD MONTELL'S COUSIN WHO HAD GIVEN AWAY THE WHOLE BUSINESS BUT HOW HAD ELFRIDA KNOWN COULD IT BE THAT SHE HAD DREAMS LIKE HIS AND IN THOSE DREAMS VISITED LATER TIMES WHEN ALL THIS WAS MATTER OF HISTORY DICKY'S BRAIN FELT FAT SWOLLEN AS THOUGH IT WOULD BURST AND HE WAS GLAD TO GO TO BED EVEN IN THAT CUPBODY PLACE WITH THE PANELS BUT HE BEGGED THE NURSE TO LEAVE THE PANEL OPEN AND WHEN HE WOKE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALL TRUE HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AND HIS TWO COUSINS WERE IN THE TOWER AND GLOOM HUNG OVER ARDEN HOUSE IN SOHO LIKE A BLACK THUNDERCLOUD OVER A MOUNTAIN
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