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powers had increased iave ue orth

while

"I'ood care of me, Bates I had

expected to perish of disco me like a lord"

"Thank you, Mr Glenarht fresh candles for the table candelabra,

going about with his accustomed noiseless step I felt

a cold chill creep down my spine as he passed behind

me on these errands His transition from the rôle of

conspirator to that of my flawless servant was almost

too abrupt

I dismissed hih the halls as he went about locking

the doors This was a regular incident, but I are

to-night that he exercised what see the bolts The locking-up process

had rather boredof

bolts was particularly trying

When I heard Bates cli to his own quarters I

quietly went the rounds on ht as a drum

In the cellar I took occasion to roll some barrels of

cement into the end of the corridor, to cover and block

the trap door Bates had noapparatus was under

the kitchen and accessible by an independent stairway

I had no ie to the

chapel-and I did not intend that an, at least, knew of it and,

while he was not likely to trouble uard every point in our pleasant game