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Postscript

           Won’tyoutellmewhethershemadeanyconfessiontoyou?’

           ’Noconsciousconfession,Agnes—andthereforenoconfessionthatIneeddistressyoubyrepeating.’

           ’Didshesaynothingaboutwhatshesaworheard,onthatdreadfulnightinmyroom?’

           ’Nothing.Weonlyknowthathermindneverrecoveredtheterrorofit.’

           Agneswasnotquitesatisfied.Thesubjecttroubledher.Evenherownbriefintercoursewithhermiserablerivalofotherdayssuggestedquestionsthatperplexedher.SherememberedtheCountess’sprediction.’Youhavetobringmetothedayofdiscovery,andtothepunishmentthatismydoom.’Hadthepredictionsimplyfaded,likeothermortalprophecies?—orhaditbeenfulfilledontheterriblenightwhenshehadseentheapparition,andwhenshehadinnocentlytemptedtheCountesstowatchherinherroom?

           Letit,however,berecorded,amongtheothervirtuesofMrs.HenryWestwick,thatsheneveragainattemptedtopersuadeherhusbandintobetrayinghissecrets.Othermen’swives,hearingofthisextraordinaryconduct(andbeingtrainedinthemodernschoolofmoralsandmanners),naturallyregardedherwithcompassionatecontempt.TheyspokeofAgnes,fromthattimeforth,as’ratheranold-fashionedperson.’

           Isthatall?

           Thatisall.

           IstherenoexplanationofthemysteryofTheHauntedHotel?

           Askyourselfifthereisanyexplanationofthemysteryofyourownlifeanddeath.—Farewell.

           

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