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"Do you hear any sound?"

"No"

"Was that a hand which touched ain, and suddenly there was quite a rush of

light into the recess Celia was startled She turned her head

back again towards theThe wooden door had swung a little

ht of that

starlit darkness through And as she looked, the chink slowly

broadened and broadened, the door swung slowly back on hinges

which were strangely silent Celia stared at the widening panel of

grey light with a vague terror It was strange that she could hear

no whisper of wind in the garden Why, oh, as that latticed

door opening so noiselessly? Almost she believed that the spirits

after all And suddenly the recess darkened again, and Celia sat

with her heart leaping and shivering in her breast There was

solass doors--a man He had appeared as

silently, as suddenly, as any apparition He stood blocking out

the light, pressing his face against the glass, peering into the

room For a moment the shock of horror stunned her Then she tore

frantically at the cords All thought of failure, of exposure, of