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I was so thoroughly angry withthe shores for an hour I lost ht up at the rear

door used by Bates for coers

who supplied us with provender I readily found

ht of stairs beyond,

which connected the first and second floors The house

was dark, and ood spirits were not increased as I

stumbled up the unfamiliar way in the dark, with, I

fear, a randfather, who had built

and left incomplete a house so utterly preposterous My

unpardonable fling at the girl still rankled; and I was

cold froht chill on the

water and anxious to get into more comfortable clothes

Once on the second floor I felt that I knew the way to

h floor when I heard low voices rising apparently

fro-room

It was pitch dark in the hall I stopped short and

listened The door of ht flashed once into the hall and disappeared I heard

now a sound as of a ha upon ork

Then it ceased, and a voice whispered: "He'll kill ain to-morrow

I swear to God I'll help you, but no ain the tapping of