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Her heart beat a little at the experiment she was making. Her husband, laying his letters aside, moved away into the shadow of the hearth. HER HEART BEAT A LITTLE AT THE EXPERIMENT SHE WAS MAKING HER HUSBAND LAYING HIS LETTERS ASIDE MOVED AWAY INTO THE SHADOW OF THE HEARTH
en one sees the Lyng ghost one never knows it." Her hand was on his sleeve, and he kept it there, but with no response in his gesture or in the lines of his fagged, preoccupied face. "Did you think you'd seen it?" he asked, after an appreciable interval. "Why, I actually took you for it, my dear, in my mad determination to spot it!" "Me -- just now?" His arm dropped away, and he turned from her with a faint echo of her laugh. "Really, dearest, you'd better give it up, if that's the best you can do." "Yes, I give it up -- I give it up. Have you?" she asked, turning round on him abruptly. The parlor-maid had entered with letters and a lamp, and the light struck up into Boyne's face as he bent above the tray she presented. "Have you?" Mary perversely insisted, when the servant had disappeared on her errand of illumination. "Have I what?" he rejoined absently, the light bringing out the sharp stamp of worry between his brows as he turned over the letters. "Given up trying to see the ghost.  REMEMBER REMEMBER WHAT BOYNE QUESTIONED AS THEY DREW TOGETHER THAT WHEN ONE SEES THE LYING GHOST ONE NEVER KNOWS IT HER HAND WAS ON HIS SLEEVE AND HE KEPT IT THERE BUT WITH NO RESPONSE IN HIS GESTURE OR IN THE LINES OF HIS PREOCCUPIED FACE DID YOU THINK YOU'D SEEN IT HE ASKED AFTER AN APPRECIABLE INTERVAL WHY I ACTUALLY TOOK YOU FOR IT MY DEAR IN MY MAD DETERMINATION TO SPOT IT ME JUST NOW HIS ARM DROPPED AWAY AND HE TURNED FROM HER WITH A FAINT ECHO OF HER LAUGH REALLY DEAREST YOU'D BETTER GIVE IT UP IF THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO OH YES I GIVE IT UP HAVE YOU SHE ASKED TURNING ROUND ON HIM ABRUPTLY THE PARLOUR MAID HAD ENTERED WITH LETTERS AND A LAMP AND THE LIGHT STRUCK UP INTO BOYNE'S FACE AS HE BENT ABOVE THE TRAY SHE PRESENTED HAVE YOU MARY PERVERSELY INSISTED WHEN THE SERVANT HAD DISAPPEARED ON HER ERRAND OF ILLUMINATION HAVE I WHAT HE REJOINED ABSENTLY THE LIGHT BRINGING OUT THE SHARP STAMP OF WORRY BETWEEN HIS BROWS AS HE TURNED OVER THE LETTERS GIVEN UP TRYING TO SEE THE GHOST
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