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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!" 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
 employed about the place; always lying in wait for them, and dashing out at them with questions, reproach, or reminders. And certainly in the distance the gray figure had looked like Peters. Yet now, as she reviewed the rapid scene, she felt her husband's explanation of it to have been invalidated by the look of anxiety on his face. Why had the familiar appearance of Peters made him anxious? Why, above all, if it was of such prime necessity to confer with that authority on the subject of the stable-drains, had the failure to find him produced 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. YS ON THE WATCH FOR ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE SPECIALISTS EMPLOYED ABOUT THE PLACE ALWAYS LYING IN WAIT FOR THEM AND RUSHING OUT AT THEM WITH QUESTIONS REPROACHES OR REMINDERS AND CERTAINLY IN THE DISTANCE THE GRAY FIGURE HAD LOOKED LIKE PETER'S YET NOW AS SHE REVIEWED THE SCENE SHE FELT HER HUSBAND'S EXPLANATION OF IT TO HAVE BEEN INVALIDATED BY THE LOOK OF ANXIETY ON HIS FACE WHY HAD THE FAMILIAR APPEARANCE OF PETER'S MADE HIM ANXIOUS WHY ABOVE ALL IF IT WAS OF SUCH PRIME NECESSITY TO CONFER WITH HIM ON THE SUBJECT OF THE 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
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