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Chapter 42

           WasIagaintobethepreyofevilforces?——didsomenewdangerthreatenme?hadI,bysomeunconsciouswickedwishinvitednewtemptationtoassailme?

           Overcomebymysensations,Ileftmyworkandwentoutintothefreshair,...itwaslateatnightandthemoonwasshining.IfeltfortheletterofMavisitpressedagainstmyheart,ashieldagainstallvileness.TheroomIoccupiedwasinahousenotfarfromWestminsterAbbey,andIinstinctivelybentmystepstowardsthatgreyoldshrineofkingsandpoetsdead.Thesquarearounditwasalmostdeserted——Islackenedmypace,strollingmeditativelyalongthenarrowpavedwaythatformsashortcutacrossintoOldPalaceYard,...whensuddenlyaShadowcrossedmypath,andlookingup,Icamefacetofacewith——Lucio!Thesameasevertheperfectimpersonationofperfectmanhood!...hiscountenance,pale,proud,sorrowfulyetscornful,flasheduponmelikeastar!——helookedfullatme,andaquestioningsmilerestedonhislips!

           Myheartalmoststoppedbeating,...Idrewaquicksharpbreath,...againIfeltfortheletterofMavis,andthen,...meetinghisgazefixedlyandstraightlyinmyturn,Imovedslowlyoninsilence.

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