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The hand led them down the passage, round the corner, and into the study. Then it released them. They heard the door shut and the key turn in the lock. Then there was a click, and the electric cluster above the writing table shone out, apparently of its own volition. THE HAND LED THEM DOWN THE PASSAGE ROUND THE CORNER AND INTO THE STUDY THEN IT RELEASED THEM THEY HEARD THE DOOR SHUT AND THE KEY TURNED IN THE LOCK THEN THERE WAS A CLICK AND THE ELECTRIC CLUSTER ABOVE THE WRITING TABLE SHONE OUT APPARENTLY OF ITS OWN VOLITION
id he in reply, bowing his head and following her. They closed the door very softly behind them. The Professor could not repress a sigh of thankfulness for Niti's escape from what, at best, would have been a very terrible fright. "And now, my friends," he went on to himself, "I think I can teach you not to come into an English gentleman's house again with an idea of stealing his property, to say nothing of abducting his daughter." The man and woman were still staring at each other by the light of the lamp, each holding each other's trembling hand, when the lamp was suddenly snatched away from the woman and went out. Then, to their horror, the ray shot out again in front of them as though the lamp were floating by itself in the air. It flashed from face to face, both ghastly with fear. Then an invisible hand gripped the man's, and drew him with irresistible force along the passage. The woman grasped his coat, and followed with shuffling feet and shaking limbs, dumb with wonder and fear. E DOOR AND HE MUST BE OBEYED SAID HE IN REPLY BOWING HIS HEAD AND FOLLOWING HER THEY CLOSED THE DOOR VERY SOFTLY BEHIND THEM THE PROFESSOR COULD NOT REPRESS A SIGH OF THANKFULNESS FOR NITA'S ESCAPE FROM WHAT AT BEST WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY TERRIBLE FRIGHT AND NOW MY FRIENDS HE WENT ON TO HIMSELF I THINK I CAN TEACH YOU NOT TO COME INTO AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE AGAIN WITH AN IDEA OF STEALING HIS PROPERTY TO SAY NOTHING OF ABDUCTING HIS DAUGHTER THE MAN AND WOMAN WERE STILL STARING AT EACH OTHER BY THE LIGHT OF THE LAMP EACH HOLDING EACH OTHER'S TREMBLING HAND WHEN THE LAMP WAS SUDDENLY SNATCHED AWAY FROM THE WOMAN AND WENT OUT THEN TO THEIR HORROR THE RAYS SHOT OUT AGAIN IN FRONT OF THEM AS THOUGH THE LAMP WERE FLOATING BY ITSELF IN AIR IT FLASHED FROM FACE TO FACE BOTH GHASTLY WITH FEAR THEN AN INVISIBLE HAND GRIPPED THE MAN'S AND DREW HIM WITH IRRESISTIBLE FORCE ALONG THE PASSAGE THE WOMAN GRASPED HIS COAT AND FOLLOWED WITH SHUFFLING FEET AND SHAKING LIMBS DUMB WITH WONDER AND FEAR
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