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It was a slow, heavy, measured tread which I could hear getting gradually louder and nearer, and then as gradually fading away as it retreated into the distance. IT WAS A SLOW HEAVY MEASURED TREAD WHICH I COULD HEAR GETTING GRADUALLY LOUDER AND NEARER AND THEN AS GRADUALLY FADING AWAY AS IT RETREATED INTO THE DISTANCE
 be very full, in her great-grandfather's time, she had heard that it had been occupied. By the time we had been over the house, and I had also been shown the garden and the stables, and introduced to the dogs, it was nearly one o'clock. We were to have an early luncheon, and to drive afterwards to see the ruins of one of the grand old Yorkshire abbeys. This was a pleasant expedition, and we got back just in time for tea, after which there was some reading aloud. The evening passed much in the same way as the preceding one, except that Lynton, who had some business, did not go down to the smoking-room, and I took the opportunity of retiring early in order to write a letter for the Indian mail, something having been said as to the prospect of hunting the next day. I had finished my letter, which was a long one, together with two or three others, and had just got into bed when I heard a step overhead as of someone walking along the gallery, which I now knew ran immediately above my room.  THE HOUSE HAPPENED TO BE VERY FULL IN HER GREAT GRANDFATHER'S TIME SHE HAD HEARD THAT IT HAD BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE TIME WE HAD BEEN OVER THE HOUSE AND I HAD ALSO BEEN SHOWN THE GARDEN AND THE STABLES AND INTRODUCED TO THE DOGS IT WAS NEARLY ONE O'CLOCK WE WERE TO HAVE AN EARLY LUNCHEON AND TO DRIVE AFTERWARDS TO SEE THE RUINS OF ONE OF THE GRAND OLD YORKSHIRE ABBEYS THIS WAS A PLEASANT EXPEDITION AND WE GOT BACK JUST IN TIME FOR TEA AFTER WHICH THERE WAS SOME READING ALOUD THE EVENING PASSED MUCH IN THE SAME WAY AS THE PRECEDING ONE EXCEPT THAT LYNTON WHO HAD SOME BUSINESS DID NOT GO DOWN TO THE SMOKING ROOM AND I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF RETIRING EARLY IN ORDER TO WRITE A LETTER FOR THE INDIAN MAIL SOMETHING HAVING BEEN SAID AS TO THE PROSPECT OF HUNTING THE NEXT DAY I HAD FINISHED MY LETTER WHICH WAS A LONG ONE TOGETHER WITH TWO OR THREE OTHERS AND HAD JUST GOT INTO BED WHEN I HEARD A STEP OVERHEAD AS OF SOME ONE WALKING ALONG THE GALLERY WHICH I NOW KNEW RAN IMMEDIATELY ABOVE MY ROOM
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