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From the chest of drawers two candles, the only light, played wanly over the still figure and the ashen face. So for the second time the living met the dead, and the law watched hopefully. FROM THE CHEST OF DRAWERS TWO CANDLES THE ONLY LIGHT PLAYED WANLY OVER THE STILL FIGURE IN THE ASHEN FACE SO FOR THE SECOND TIME THE LIVING MET THE DEAD AND THE LAW WATCHED HOPEFULLY
rowded the stairs. At the top Bobby found Paredes at his side. "Carlos! Why do you come?" "I would like to be of some comfort," Paredes answered gravely. His fingers on the banister made that restless, groping movement. Graham summoned Katherine. One of the black-clothed men opened the door of Silas Blackburn's room. He stepped aside, beckoning. He had an air of a showman craving approbation for the surprise he has arranged. Bobby went in with the others. Automatically through the dim light he catalogued remembered objects, all intimate to his grandfather, each oddly entangled in his mind with his dislike of the old man. The iron bed; the chest of drawers, scratched and with broken handles; the closed colonial desk; the miserly rag carpet--all seemed mutely asking, as Bobby did, why their owner had deserted them the other night and delivered himself to the ghostly mystery of the old bedroom. Reluctantly Bobby's glance went to the centre of the floor where the casket rested on trestles. TARTED UPWARD THE ENTIRE COMPANY CROWDED THE STAIRS AT THE TOP BOBBY FOUND PAREDES AT HIS SIDE CARLOS WHY DO YOU COME I WOULD LIKE TO BE OF SOME COMFORT PAREDES ANSWERED GRAVELY HIS FINGERS ON THE BANISTER MADE THAT RESTLESS GROPING MOTION GRAHAM SUMMONED KATHERINE ONE OF THE BLACK CLOTHED MEN OPENED THE DOOR OF SILAS BLACKBURN'S ROOM HE STEPPED ASIDE BECKONING HID THE AIR OF A SHOWMAN CRAVING APPROBATION FOR THE SURPRISE HE HAD ARRANGED BOBBY WENT IN WITH THE OTHERS AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH THE DIM LIGHT HE CATALOGUED REMEMBERED OBJECTS ALL INTIMATE TO HIS GRANDFATHER EACH ODDLY ENTANGLED IN HIS MIND WITH HIS DISLIKE OF THE OLD MAN THE IRON BED THE CHEST OF DRAWERS SCRATCHED AND WITH BROKEN HANDLES THE CLOSED COLONIAL DESK THE MISERLY RAG CARPET ALL SEEMED MUTELY ASKING AS BOBBY DID WHY THEIR OWNER HAD DESERTED THEM THE OTHER NIGHT AND DELIVERED HIMSELF TO THE GHOSTLY MYSTERY OF THE OLD BEDROOM RELUCTANTLY BOBBY'S GLANCE WENT TO THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR WHERE THE CASKET RESTED ON TRESTLES
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