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I sent him to this room!" she screamed out. She felt the walls of the room rush toward her, like inward falling ruins; and she heard Parvis, a long way off, as if through the ruins, crying to her, and struggling to get at her. But she was numb to his touch, she did not know what he was saying. I SENT HIM TO THIS ROOM SHE SCREAMED SHE FELT THE WALLS OF BOOKS RUSH TOWARDS HER LIKE INWARD FALLING RUINS AND SHE HEARD PARVIS A LONG WAY OFF THROUGH THE RUINS CRYING TO HER AND STRUGGLING TO GET AT HER BUT SHE WAS NUMB TO HIS TOUCH SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS SAYING
rst time." She felt a faint gasp of inward laughter at the thought that but for that she might have forgotten. Parvis continued to scrutinize her, as if trying to intercept her gaze. "We saw him from the roof," she went on. "He came down the lime avenue toward the house. He was dressed just as he is in that picture. My husband saw him first. He was frightened, and ran down ahead of me; but there was no one there. He had vanished." "Elwell had vanished?" Parvis faltered. "Yes." Their two whispers seemed to grope for each other. "I couldn't think what had happened. I see now. He tried to come then; but he wasn't dead enough--he couldn't reach us. He had to wait for two months; and then he came back again--and Ned went with him." She nodded at Parvis with the look of triumph of a child who has successfully worked out a difficult puzzle. But suddenly she lifted her hands with a desperate gesture, pressing them to her bursting temples. "Oh, my God! I sent him to Ned--I told him where to go! TE BECAUSE IT WAS THE DAY WE WENT UP MELDON STEEP FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE FELT A FAINT GASP OF INWARD LAUGHTER AT THE THOUGHT THAT BUT FOR THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN PARVIS CONTINUED TO SCRUTINIZE HER AS IF TRYING TO INTERCEPT HER GAZE WE SAW HIM FROM THE ROOF SHE WENT ON HE CAME DOWN THE LIME AVENUE TOWARD THE HOUSE HE WAS DRESSED JUST AS HE IS IN THAT PICTURE MY HUSBAND SAW HIM FIRST HE WAS FRIGHTENED AND RAN DOWN AHEAD OF ME BUT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE HE HAD VANISHED OWELL HAD VANISHED PARVIS FALTERED YES THEIR TWO WHISPERS SEEMED TO GROPE FOR EACH OTHER I COULDN'T THINK WHAT HAD HAPPENED I SEE NOW HE TRIED TO COME THEN BUT HE WASN'T DEAD ENOUGH HE COULDN'T REACH US HE HAD TO WAIT FOR TWO MONTHS TO DIE AND THEN HE CAME BACK AGAIN AND NED WENT WITH HIM SHE NODDED AT PARVIS WITH THE LOOK OF TRIUMPH OF A CHILD WHO HAS WORKED OUT A DIFFICULT PUZZLE BUT SUDDENLY SHE LIFTED HER HANDS WITH A DESPERATE GESTURE PRESSING THEM TO HER TEMPLES OH MY GOD I SENT HIM TO NED I TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO
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