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But almost with the next tick of the clock the ambiguous figure, gaining substance and character, showed itself even to her weak sight as her husband's; and she turned away to meet him, as he entered, with the confession of her folly. BUT ALMOST WITH THE NEXT TICK OF THE CLOCK THE FIGURE GAINING SUBSTANCE AND CHARACTER SHOWED ITSELF EVEN TO HER WEAK SIGHT AS HER HUSBAND'S AND SHE TURNED TO MEET HIM AS HE ENTERED WITH THE CONFESSION OF HER FOLLY
 such a look of relief? Mary could not say that any one of these considerations had occurred to her at the time, yet, from the promptness with which they now marshaled themselves at her summons, she had a sudden sense that they must all along have been there, waiting their hour. II Weary with her thoughts, she moved toward the window. The library was now completely dark, and she was surprised to see how much faint light the outer world still held. As she peered out into it across the court, a figure shaped itself in the tapering perspective of bare lines: it looked a mere blot of deeper gray in the grayness, and for an instant, as it moved toward her, her heart thumped to the thought, "It's the ghost!" She had time, in that long instant, to feel suddenly that the man of whom, two months earlier, she had a brief distant vision from the roof was now, at his predestined hour, about to reveal himself as not having been Peters; and her spirit sank under the impending fear of the disclosure. STABLE DRAINS HAD THE FAILURE TO FIND HIM PRODUCED SUCH A LOOK OF RELIEF MARY COULD NOT SAY THAT ANY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS HAD OCCURRED TO HER AT THE TIME YET FROM THE PROMPTNESS WITH WHICH THEY NOW MARSHALLED THEMSELVES AT HER SUMMONS SHE HAD A SENSE THAT THEY MUST ALL ALONG HAVE BEEN THERE WAITING THEIR HOUR TWO WEARY WITH HER THOUGHTS SHE MOVED TO THE WINDOW THE LIBRARY WAS NOW QUITE DARK AND SHE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MUCH FAINT LIGHT THE OUTER WORLD STILL HELD AS SHE PEERED OUT INTO IT ACROSS THE COURT A FIGURE SHAPED ITSELF FAR DOWN THE PERSPECTIVE OF BARE LIMES IT LOOKED A MERE BLOT OF DEEPER GRAY IN THE GREYNESS AND FOR AN INSTANT AS IT MOVED TOWARD HER HER HEART THUMPED TO THE THOUGHT IT'S THE GHOST SHE HAD TIME IN THAT LONG INSTANT TO FEEL SUDDENLY THAT THE MAN OF WHOM TWO MONTHS EARLIER SHE HAD HAD A DISTANT VISION FROM THE ROOF WAS NOW AT HIS PREDESTINED HOUR ABOUT TO REVEAL HIMSELF AS NOT HAVING BEEN PETER'S AND HER SPIRIT SANK UNDER THE IMPENDING FEAR OF THE DISCLOSURE
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