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Its pigeon holes and drawers teemed with documents on the most morbid subjects, and in the well reposed a large manuscript volume, in which he had painfully entered the gems of his collection. ITS PIGEON HOLES AND DRAWERS TEEMED WITH DOCUMENTS ON THE MOST MORBID SUBJECTS AND IN THE WELL REPOSED A LARGE MANUSCRIPT VOLUME IN WHICH HE HAD PAINFULLY ENTERED THE GEMS OF HIS COLLECTION
tic, was not efficacious. Clarke knew that he still pined for the unseen, and little by little, the old passion began to reassert itself, as the face of Mary, shuddering and convulsed with an unknown terror, faded slowly from his memory. Occupied all day in pursuits both serious and lucrative, the temptation to relax in the evening was too great, especially in the winter months, when the fire cast a warm glow over his snug bachelor apartment, and a bottle of some choice claret stood ready by his elbow. His dinner digested, he would make a brief pretence of reading the evening paper, but the mere catalogue of news soon palled upon him, and Clarke would find himself casting glances of warm desire in the direction of an old Japanese bureau, which stood at a pleasant distance from the hearth. Like a boy before a jam-closet, for a few minutes he would hover indecisive, but lust always prevailed, and Clarke ended by drawing up his chair, lighting a candle, and sitting down before the bureau. BUT THE REMEDY THOUGH CAUSTIC WAS NOT EFFICACIOUS CLARKE KNEW THAT HE STILL PINED FOR THE UNSEEN AND LITTLE BY LITTLE THE OLD PASSION BEGAN TO REASSERT ITSELF AS THE FACE OF MARY SHUDDERING AND CONVULSED WITH AN UNKNOWN TERROR FADED SLOWLY FROM HIS MEMORY OCCUPIED ALL DAY IN PURSUITS BOTH SERIOUS AND LUCRATIVE THE TEMPTATION TO RELAX IN THE EVENING WAS TOO GREAT ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE FIRE CAST A WARM GLOW OVER HIS SNUG BACHELOR APARTMENT AND A BOTTLE OF SOME CHOICE CLARET STOOD READY BY HIS ELBOW HIS DINNER DIGESTED HE WOULD MAKE A BRIEF PRETENCE OF READING THE EVENING PAPER BUT THE MERE CATALOGUE OF NEWS SOON PALLED UPON HIM AND CLARK WOULD FIND HIMSELF CASTING GLANCES OF WARM DESIRE IN THE DIRECTION OF AN OLD JAPANESE BUREAU WHICH STOOD AT A PLEASANT DISTANCE FROM THE HEARTH LIKE A BOY BEFORE A JAM CLOSET FOR A FEW MINUTES HE WOULD HOVER INDECISIVE BUT LUST ALWAYS PREVAILED AND CLARK ENDED BY DRAWING UP HIS CHAIR LIGHTING A CANDLE AND SITTING DOWN BEFORE THE BUREAU
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