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The clergyman soon arrived  a man of ascetic countenance and venerable age  one whom Gerard Douw respected very much, forasmuch as he was a veteran polemic, though one perhaps more dreaded as a combatant than beloved as a Christian  of pure morality, subtle brain, and frozen heart. THE CLERGYMAN SOON ARRIVED A MAN OF ASCETIC COUNTENANCE AND VENERABLE AGE ONE WHOM GERARD DAL RESPECTED VERY MUCH FORASMUCH AS HE WAS A VETERAN POLEMIC THOUGH ONE PERHAPS MORE DREADED AS A COMBATANT THAN BELOVED AS A CHRISTIAN OF PURE MORALITY SUBTLE BRAIN AND FROZEN HEART
ting, again and again, "the dead and the living cannot be one: God has forbidden it." And then again, "Rest to the wakeful--sleep to the sleep-walkers." These and such mysterious and broken sentences, she continued to utter until the clergyman arrived. Gerard Douw began to fear, naturally enough, that terror or ill-treatment, had unsettled the poor girl's intellect, and he half suspected, by the suddenness of her appearance, the unseasonableness of the hour, and above all, from the wildness and terror of her manner, that she had made her escape from some place of confinement for lunatics, and was in imminent fear of pursuit. He resolved to summon medical advice as soon as the mind of his niece had been in some measure set at rest by the offices of the clergyman whose attendance she had so earnestly desired; and until this object had been attained, he did not venture to put any questions to her, which might possibly, by reviving painful or horrible recollections, increase her agitation. UTTERED INCOHERENT SENTENCES REPEATING AGAIN AND AGAIN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING CANNOT BE WON GOD HAS FORBIDDEN IT AND THEN AGAIN REST TO THE WAKEFUL SLEEP TO THE SLEEP WALKERS THESE AND SUCH MYSTERIOUS AND BROKEN SENTENCES SHE CONTINUED TO UTTER UNTIL THE CLERGYMAN ARRIVED GERARDO BEGAN TO FEAR NATURALLY ENOUGH THAT TERROR OR ILL TREATMENT HAD UNSETTLED THE POOR GIRL'S INTELLECT AND HE HALF SUSPECTED BY THE SUDDENNESS OF HER APPEARANCE THE UNSEASONABLENESS OF THE HOUR AND ABOVE ALL FROM THE WILDNESS AND TERROR OF HER MANNER THAT SHE HAD MADE HER ESCAPE FROM SOME PLACE OF CONFINEMENT FOR LUNATICS AND WAS IN IMMINENT FEAR OF PURSUIT HE RESOLVED TO SUMMON MEDICAL ADVICE AS SOON AS THE MIND OF HIS NIECE HAD BEEN IN SOME MEASURE SET AT REST BY THE OFFICES OF THE CLERGYMAN WHOSE ATTENDANCE SHE HAD SO EARNESTLY DESIRED AND UNTIL THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN ATTAINED HE DID NOT VENTURE TO PUT ANY QUESTIONS TO HER WHICH MIGHT POSSIBLY BY REVIVING PAINFUL OR HORRIBLE RECOLLECTIONS INCREASE HER AGITATION
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