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abroad I rereatly adhts high for

uidance up the broad stairway

The hall above shared the generous lines of the whole

house, but the walls hite and hard to the eye

Rough planks had been laid down for a floor, and beyond

the light of the candles lay a dark region that gave

out ghostly echoes as the loose boards rattled under our

feet

"I hope you'll not be tooaa door

"It's all quite unfinished, but comfortable, I should say,

quite comfortable"

"Open the door!"

He was not y

I walked past hi-rooreat library below Open

shelves filled with books lined the apart on every hand, save where a small fireplace, a

cabinet and table were built into the walls In the

center of the roo materials

set in nice order I opened a handsome case and

found that it contained a set of draftsman's instruments