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Presently I perceived, far away, a single huure--whether it were

the path which

ran at the bottos it

looked extraordinarily sh perhaps because of the

intense red light in which it was bathed, or perhaps just because it

was hu in the ht and focused reatly interested

in it; I wondered if it were that of

here in this haunted valley

The figure drew nearer, and now I saas slender and tall, like that

of a lad or of a well-grooed I could

not see, because it was draped in a cloak of beautiful grey fur Just

then Scowl caon to speak to , which took off my attention for the next two ure standing within three yards

of me, its face hidden by a kind of hood which was attached to the fur

cloak

"Who are you, and what is your business?" I asked, whereon a gentle

voice answered: "Do you not know me, O Macumazana?"