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"She slipped gently out of the embrace of Arion, and she took froold chain, and on the end of this chain was a key, and with this she unlocked my handsome prison

"She opened the door With the rabbed my left ar h me

"Arion re at me, and the Old Man was some distance away He had taken a small picture from his coat and he looked at it piteously I wondered if it was of Virginia Lee He hispering to himself insanely

" 'Are you prepared to fight for immortality?' Petronia asked of me

" 'Not at all, not one wit,' I said, 'nor for ainst the bully that I know you to be ¡¯

" 'Bully!' She mocked me 'You callshards of glass?¡¯

" 'He did what he could to protect me You were in Blackwood Manor You meant to do me harm ¡¯

" 'And why isn't he here?' she asked

" 'Because he can't be You know this,' I said 'I'o You play an unfair game with me You always have ¡¯

" 'Stubborn,' she said as she smiled, cruelly this time, and shook her head 'Always your way Pride, that's your sin ¡¯

"Arion reached out for me and took ainst o?' he asked 'He's innocent ¡¯

" 'But that's the best kind,' said Petronia

" 'Then youback, 'not merely to kill him?¡¯

" 'I , 'if I find hi ¡¯

"Before I could protest, before I could ht have come into my head, she picked ainst the far wall The blow toto take very long