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They were grouped round the bier in the early hours of the morning, when, to their inexpressible fear and astonishment, the door was flung open, and a savage looking, weather beaten man in tattered garments strode into the room. THEY WERE GROUPED ROUND THE BIER IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING WHEN TO THEIR INEXPRESSIBLE FEAR AND ASTONISHMENT THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND A SAVAGE LOOKING WEATHER BEATEN MAN IN TATTERED GARMENTS STRODE INTO THE ROOM
 Are you off, then?” “Yes, I am off,” said Jefferson Hope, who had risen from his seat. His face might have been chiselled out of marble, so hard and set was its expression, while its eyes glowed with a baleful light. “Where are you going?” “Never mind,” he answered; and, slinging his weapon over his shoulder, strode off down the gorge and so away into the heart of the mountains to the haunts of the wild beasts. Amongst them all there was none so fierce and so dangerous as himself. The prediction of the Mormon was only too well fulfilled. Whether it was the terrible death of her father or the effects of the hateful marriage into which she had been forced, poor Lucy never held up her head again, but pined away and died within a month. Her sottish husband, who had married her principally for the sake of John Ferrier’s property, did not affect any great grief at his bereavement; but his other wives mourned over her, and sat up with her the night before the burial, as is the Mormon custom.  MORE LIKE A GHOST THAN A WOMAN ARE YOU OFF THEN YES I AM OFF SAID JEFFERSON HOPE WHO HAD RISEN FROM HIS SEAT HIS FACE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHISELLED OUT OF MARBLE SO HARD AND SET WAS ITS EXPRESSION WHILE ITS EYES GLOWED WITH A BALEFUL LIGHT WHERE ARE YOU GOING NEVER MIND HE ANSWERED AND SLINGING HIS WEAPON OVER HIS SHOULDER STRODE OFF DOWN THE GORGE AND SO AWAY INTO THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAINS TO THE HAUNTS OF THE WILD BEASTS AMONGST THEM ALL THERE WERE NONE SO FIERCE AND SO DANGEROUS AS HIMSELF THE PREDICTION OF THE MORMON WAS ONLY TOO WELL FULFILLED WHETHER IT WAS THE TERRIBLE DEATH OF HER FATHER OR THE EFFECTS OF THE HATEFUL MARRIAGE INTO WHICH SHE HAD BEEN FORCED POOR LUCY NEVER HELD UP HER HEAD AGAIN BUT PINED AWAY AND DIED WITHIN A MONTH HER SOTTISH HUSBAND WHO HAD MARRIED HER PRINCIPALLY FOR THE SAKE OF JOHN FERRIER'S PROPERTY DID NOT AFFECT ANY GREAT GRIEF AT HIS BEREAVEMENT BUT HIS OTHERWISE MOURNED OVER HER AND SAT UP WITH HER IN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BURIAL AS IS THE MORMON CUSTOM
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