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He drew his breath short, and strained me so close to him, I could

scarcely pant After some minutes' silence, he continued, cheerily

"Now, Janet, I'll explain to you all about it It was half dream,

half reality A woman did, I doubt not, enter your room: and that

woe

being yourself: from all you know, you have reason so to call her--

what did she do to , you noticed her entrance and her actions; but feverish,

aloblin

appearance different fro dishevelled hair, the

swelled black face, the exaggerated stature, were fight of the veil

was real: and it is like her I see you would ask why I keep such

a woman in my house: e have been married a year and a day, I

will tell you; but not now Are you satisfied, Jane? Do you accept

my solution of the mystery?"

I reflected, and in truth it appeared to me the only possible one:

satisfied I was not, but to please him I endeavoured to appear so--