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As he uncovered it, the wind again extinguished the lantern, and there, to his amazement and terror, was the face of Silencieux shining radiantly in the darkness. AS HE UNCOVERED IT THE WIND AGAIN EXTINGUISHED THE LANTERN AND THERE TO HIS AMAZEMENT AND TERROR WAS THE FACE OF SELA SHINING RADIANTLY IN THE DARKNESS
deep in his heart he knew that the night would come when he would take his lantern and spade, wearily, as one who at length after hopeless striving obeys once more some imperious weakness—and look on the face of Silencieux again. Too surely that night came, and, as in a dream, Antony found himself in the dark spring night hastening with lantern and spade to Silencieux's grave. It was only just to look on her face again, to see if she really lived like a vampire in the earth; and were she to be alive, he vowed to kill her where she lay—for into his life again he knew she must not come. As he neared the whitebeam, a gust of wind blew out his lantern, and he stood in the profound darkness of the trees. While he attempted to relight it, he thought he saw a faint light at the foot of the whitebeam, as of a radiance welling out of the earth; but he dismissed it as fancy. Then, having relit the lantern, he set the spade into the ground, and speedily removed the soil from the white face below. IN THE SOUND OF BEATRICE'S VOICE DEEP IN HIS HEART HE KNEW THAT THE NIGHT WOULD COME WHEN HE WOULD TAKE HIS LANTERN AND SPADE WEARILY AS ONE WHO AT LENGTH AFTER HOPELESS STRIVING OBEYS ONCE MORE SOME IMPERIOUS WEAKNESS AND LOOK ON THE FACE OF SELA TOO SURELY THAT NIGHT CAME AND AS IN A DREAM ANTONY FOUND HIMSELF IN THE DARK SPRING NIGHT HASTENING WITH A LANTERN AND SPADE TO SELAGO'S GRAVE IT WAS ONLY JUST TO LOOK ON HER FACE AGAIN TO SEE IF SHE REALLY LIVED LIKE A VAMPIRE IN THE EARTH AND WERE SHE TO BE ALIVE HE VOWED TO KILL HER WHERE SHE LAY FOR INTO HIS LIFE AGAIN HE KNEW SHE MUST NOT COME AS HE NEARED THE WHITE BEAM A GUST OF WIND BLEW OUT HIS LANTERN AND HE STOOD IN THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE TREES WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO RELIGHT IT HE THOUGHT HE SAW A FAINT LIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE WHITE BEAM AS OF A RADIANCE WELLING OUT OF THE EARTH BUT HE DISMISSED IT AS FANCY THEN HAVING RE LIT THE LANTERN HE SET THE SPADE INTO THE GROUND AND SPEEDILY REMOVED THE SOIL FROM THE WHITE FACE BELOW
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