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There was an air of gravity and importance about the garb of the person, and something indescribably odd, I might say awful, in the perfect, stone like stillness of the figure, that effectually checked the testy comment which had at once risen to the lips of the irritated artist. THERE WAS AN AIR OF GRAVITY AND IMPORTANCE ABOUT THE GARB OF THE PERSON AND SOMETHING INDESCRIBABLY ODD I MIGHT SAY AWFUL IN THE PERFECT STONELIKE STILLNESS OF THE FIGURE THAT EFFECTUALLY CHECKED THE TESTY COMMENT WHICH HAD AT ONCE RISEN TO THE LIPS OF THE IRRITATED ARTIST
im made the artist turn sharply round, and he now, for the first time, became aware that his labours had been overlooked by a stranger. Within about a yard and half, and rather behind him, there stood the figure of an elderly man in a cloak and broad-brimmed, conical hat; in his hand, which was protected with a heavy gauntlet-shaped glove, he carried a long ebony walking-stick, surmounted with what appeared, as it glittered dimly in the twilight, to be a massive head of gold, and upon his breast, through the folds of the cloak, there shone the links of a rich chain of the same metal. The room was so obscure that nothing further of the appearance of the figure could be ascertained, and his hat threw his features into profound shadow. It would not have been easy to conjecture the age of the intruder; but a quantity of dark hair escaping from beneath this sombre hat, as well as his firm and upright carriage served to indicate that his years could not yet exceed threescore, or thereabouts. UTTERED CLOSE BEHIND HIM MADE THE ARTIST TURN SHARPLY ROUND AND HE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAME AWARE THAT HIS LABOURS HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED BY A STRANGER WITHIN ABOUT A YARD AND A HALF AND RATHER BEHIND HIM THERE STOOD THE FIGURE OF AN ELDERLY MAN IN A CLOAK AND BROAD BRIMMED CONICAL HAT IN HIS HAND WHICH WAS PROTECTED WITH A HEAVY GAUNTLET SHAPED GLOVE HE CARRIED A LONG EBONY WALKING STICK SURMOUNTED WITH WHAT APPEARED AS IT GLITTERED DIMLY IN THE TWILIGHT TO BE A MASSIVE HEAD OF GOLD AND UPON HIS BREAST THROUGH THE FOLDS OF THE CLOAK THERE SHONE THE LINKS OF A RICH CHAIN OF THE SAME METAL THE ROOM WAS SO OBSCURE THAT NOTHING FURTHER OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIGURE COULD BE ASCERTAINED AND HIS HAT THREW HIS FEATURES INTO PROFOUND SHADOW IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY TO CONJECTURE THE AGE OF THE INTRUDER BUT A QUANTITY OF DARK HAIR ESCAPING FROM BENEATH HIS SOMBRE HAT AS WELL AS HIS FIRM AND UPRIGHT CARRIAGE SERVED TO INDICATE THAT HIS YEARS COULD NOT YET EXCEED THREESCORE OR THEREABOUTS
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