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Lynton struck a light and leant over the bed. Then I seized him by the arm, and said without moving: "There has been something in this room  gone in thither." LYNTON STRUCK A LIGHT AND LEANT OVER THE BED THEN I SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM AND SAID WITHOUT MOVING THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM GO
ilhouette; then it moved on, and as it moved I again heard the tread. I was as certain as I could be that the thing, whatever it was, or the person, whoever he was, was approaching my bed. I threw myself back in the bed, and as I did so a mass of charred wood on the hearth fell down and sent up a flash of--I fancy sparks, that gave out a glare in the darkness, and by that--red as blood--I saw a face near me. With a cry, over which I had as little control as the scream uttered by a sleeper in the agony of a nightmare, I called: "Who are you?" There was an instant during which my hair bristled on my head, as in the horror of the darkness I prepared to grapple with the being at my side; when a board creaked as if someone had moved, and I heard the footsteps retreat, and again the click of the latch. The next instant there was a rush on the stairs and Lynton burst into the room, just as he had sprung out of bed, crying: "For God's sake, what is the matter? Are you ill?" I could not answer. D THE OUTLINE OF THE FACE WAS IN SILHOUETTE THEN IT MOVED ON AND AS IT MOVED I AGAIN HEARD THE TREAD I WAS AS CERTAIN AS I COULD BE THAT THE THING WHATEVER IT WAS OR THE PERSON WHOEVER HE WAS WAS APPROACHING MY BED I THREW MYSELF BACK IN THE BED AND AS I DID SO A MASS OF CHARRED WOOD ON THE HEARTH FELL DOWN AND SENT UP A FLASH OF I FANCY SPARKS THAT GAVE OUT A GLARE IN THE DARKNESS AND BY THAT RED AS BLOOD I SAW A FACE NEAR ME WITH A CRY OVER WHICH I HAD AS LITTLE CONTROL AS THE SCREAM UTTERED BY A SLEEPER IN THE AGONY OF A NIGHTMARE I CALLED WHO ARE YOU THERE WAS AN INSTANT DURING WHICH MY HAIR BRISTLED ON MY HEAD AS IN THE HORROR OF THE DARKNESS I PREPARED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE BEING AT MY SIDE WHEN A BOARD CREAKED AS IF SOME ONE HAD MOVED AND I HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS RETREAT AND AGAIN THE CLICK OF THE LATCH THE NEXT INSTANT THERE WAS A RUSH ON THE STAIRS AND LYNTON BURST INTO THE ROOM JUST AS HE HAD SPRUNG OUT OF BED CRYING FOR GOD'S SAKE WHAT IS THE MATTER ARE YOU ILL I COULD NOT ANSWER
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