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The long, quavering summons brought Trimmle in precipitately with a lamp, and Mary breathed again at this sobering reappearance of the usual. THE SHARP SUMMONS BROUGHT TRIMMLE IMPRECIPITATELY WITH A LAMP AND MARY BREATHED AGAIN AT THIS SOBERING REAPPEARANCE OF THE USUAL
e highroad, there was little likelihood of their meeting on the way. She felt sure, however, of his having reached the house before her; so sure that, when she entered it herself, without even pausing to inquire of Trimmle, she made directly for the library. But the library was still empty, and with an unwonted precision of visual memory she immediately observed that the papers on her husband's desk lay precisely as they had lain when she had gone in to call him to luncheon. Then of a sudden she was seized by a vague dread of the unknown. She had closed the door behind her on entering, and as she stood alone in the long, silent, shadowy room, her dread seemed to take shape and sound, to be there audibly breathing and lurking among the shadows. Her short-sighted eyes strained through them, half discerning an actual presence, something aloof, that watched and knew; and in the recoil from that intangible propinquity she threw herself suddenly on the bell-rope and gave it a desperate pull. OSS THE DOWNS AND AS BOYNE MEANWHILE HAD PROBABLY RETURNED FROM THE STATION BY THE HIGHROAD THERE WAS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR MEETING SHE FELT SURE HOWEVER OF HIS HAVING REACHED THE HOUSE BEFORE HER SO SURE THAT WHEN SHE ENTERED IT HERSELF WITHOUT EVEN PAUSING TO INQUIRE OF TRIMMEL SHE MADE DIRECTLY FOR THE LIBRARY FOR THE LIBRARY WAS STILL EMPTY AND WITH ANWONTED EXACTNESS OF VISUAL MEMORY SHE OBSERVED THAT THE PAPERS ON HER HUSBAND'S DESK LAY PRECISELY AS THEY HAD LAIN WHEN SHE HAD GONE IN TO CALL HIM TO LUNCHEON THEN OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS SEIZED BY A VAGUE DREAD OF THE UNKNOWN SHE HAD CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND HER ON ENTERING AND AS SHE STOOD ALONE IN THE LONG SILENT ROOM HER DREAD SEEMED TO TAKE SHAPE AND SOUND TO BE THERE BREATHING AND LURKING AMONG THE SHADOWS HER SHORT SIGHTED EYES STRAINED THROUGH THEM HALF DISCERNING IN ACTUAL PRESENCE SOMETHING ALOOF THAT WATCHED AND KNEW AND IN THE RECOIL FROM THAT INTANGIBLE PRESENCE SHE THREW HERSELF ON THE BELL ROPE AND GAVE IT A SHARP PULL
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