Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Beetle-Hunter

           Butabrothercoleopteristlikeyourselfisalwaysawelcomeguest,andIshallbedelightedifyouwilllookovermycollection,whichIthinkthatImaywithoutexaggerationdescribeasthebestinEurope."

           Andsonodoubtitwas.Hehadahuge,oakencabinetarrangedinshallowdrawers,andhere,neatlyticketedandclassified,werebeetlesfromeverycorneroftheearth,black,brown,blue,green,andmottled.Everynowandthenasheswepthishandoverthelinesandlinesofimpaledinsectshewouldcatchupsomerarespecimen,and,handlingitwithasmuchdelicacyandreverenceasifitwereapreciousrelic,hewouldholdforthuponitspeculiaritiesandthecircumstancesunderwhichitcameintohispossession.Itwasevidentlyanunusualthingforhimtomeetwithasympatheticlistener,andhetalkedandtalkeduntilthespringeveninghaddeepenedintonight,andthegongannouncedthatitwastimetodressfordinner.AllthetimeLordLinchmeresaidnothing,buthestoodathisbrother-in-law’selbow,andIcaughthimcontinuallyshootingcuriouslittle,questioningglancesintohisface.Andhisownfeaturesexpressedsomestrongemotion,apprehension,sympathy,expectation:Iseemedtoreadthemall.IwassurethatLordLinchmerewasfearingsomethingandawaitingsomething,butwhatthatsomethingmightbeIcouldnotimagine.

           Theeveningpassedquietlybutpleasantly,andIshouldhavebeenentirelyatmyeaseifithadnotbeenforthatcontinualsenseoftensionuponthepartofLordLinchmere.Astoourhost,Ifoundthatheimproveduponacquaintance.

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