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"Lady FitzAlo," says Dora "But so-room"

"I did not think of theh the halls Suddenly a great--I can not help thinking now a supernaturally strong--desire to go into the servants' corridor took possession ofmyself an instant's hesitation, I turned in its direction, and walked on until I reached it"

She pauses here, and draws her breath rapidly

"Go on," entreats Dora i very dimly The servants were all down-stairs--at their supper, I suppose--because there was no trace of them anywhere Not a sound could be heard The whole place looked melancholy and deserted, and filled me with a sense of awe I could not overco up and down until its very monotony weariedinto a s idly around me At last, somewhere in the distance I heard a clock strike ten, and, turning, I decided on going back onceher, Florence pauses, and leans back in her chair

"Well, but what is there in all this to terrify you so iveto it," replies Florence quickly "You know the large screen that stands in the corridor just outside the sitting-rooht? Well, I had co half-hidden by this screen, when I saw so that paralyzed me with fear"

She rises to her feet and grows deadly pale as she says this, as though the sensation of fear she has been describing has co too, and treh in expectation of sos

"I saw the door of the room that leads to the haunted chamber slowly move It opened; the door that has been locked for nearly fifty years, and that has filled the breasts of all the servants here with terror and dismay, was cautiously thrown open! A screaive utterance to it, or else so determination to knoould follow restrained me, and I stood silent, like one turned into stone I had instinctively moved back a step or two, and was now coh I could see all that was passing in the corridor through a hole in the fra footsteps fro lamp I could see him distinctly It was--"