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They closed the door and entered the last room of the four that the house contained—that farthest from the road, in an angle of the building. THEY CLOSED THE DOOR AND ENTERED THE LAST ROOM OF THE FOUR THAT THE HOUSE CONTAINED THAT FARTHEST FROM THE ROAD AND AN ANGLE OF THE BUILDING
ister was a man of courage, a man, moreover, of Herculean strength. He retired a pace or two and rushed against the door, striking it with his right shoulder and bursting it from the frame with a loud crash. In a moment the three were inside. Darkness and silence! The only sound was the beating of their hearts. Mr. Maren had provided himself with matches and a candle. With some difficulty, begotten of his excitement, he made a light, and they proceeded to explore the place, passing from room to room. Everything was in orderly arrangement, as it had been left by the sheriff; nothing had been disturbed. A light coating of dust was everywhere. A back door was partly open, as if by neglect, and their first thought was that the authors of the awful revelry might have escaped. The door was opened, and the light of the candle shone through upon the ground. The expiring effort of the previous night’s storm had been a light fall of snow; there were no footprints; the white surface was unbroken. R IT WAS FAST BUT THE MINISTER WAS A MAN OF COURAGE A MAN MOREOVER OF HERCULEAN STRENGTH HE RETIRED A PACE OR TWO AND RUSHED AGAINST THE DOOR STRIKING IT WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND BURSTING IT FROM THE FRAME WITH A LOUD CRASH IN A MOMENT THE THREE WERE INSIDE DARKNESS AND SILENCE THE ONLY SOUND WAS THE BEATING OF THEIR HEARTS MISTER MERRIN HAD PROVIDED HIMSELF WITH MATCHES AND A CANDLE WITH SOME DIFFICULTY BEGOTTEN OF HIS EXCITEMENT HE MADE A LIGHT AND THEY PROCEEDED TO EXPLORE THE PLACE PASSING FROM ROOM TO ROOM EVERYTHING WAS AN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT AS IT HAD BEEN LEFT BY THE SHERIFF NOTHING HAD BEEN DISTURBED A LIGHT COATING OF DUST WAS EVERYWHERE A BACK DOOR WAS PARTLY OPEN AS IF BY NEGLECT AND THEIR FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE AUTHORS OF THE AWFUL REVELRY MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE SHONE THROUGH UPON THE GROUND THE EXPIRING EFFORT OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT STORM HAD BEEN A LIGHT FALL OF SNOW THERE WERE NO FOOTPRINTS THE WHITE SURFACE WAS UNBROKEN
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