Холодный дом

Nurse and Patient

           Thedoorremainingasithadbeenleft,andthelanternstandinginthewindow,itcouldonlybesupposedthathehadgotoutbyatrapinthefloorwhichcommunicatedwithanemptycart-housebelow.Buthehadshutitdownagain,ifthatwereso;anditlookedasifithadnotbeenraised.Nothingofanykindwasmissing.Onthisfactbeingclearlyascertained,weallyieldedtothepainfulbeliefthatdeliriumhadcomeuponhiminthenightandthat,alluredbysomeimaginaryobjectorpursuedbysomeimaginaryhorror,hehadstrayedawayinthatworsethanhelplessstate;allofus,thatistosay,butMr.Skimpole,whorepeatedlysuggested,inhisusualeasylightstyle,thatithadoccurredtoouryoungfriendthathewasnotasafeinmate,havingabadkindoffeveruponhim,andthathehadwithgreatnaturalpolitenesstakenhimselfoff.Everypossibleinquirywasmade,andeveryplacewassearched.Thebrick-kilnswereexamined,thecottageswerevisited,thetwowomenwereparticularlyquestioned,buttheyknewnothingofhim,andnobodycoulddoubtthattheirwonderwasgenuine.Theweatherhadforsometimebeentoowetandthenightitselfhadbeentoowettoadmitofanytracingbyfootsteps.Hedgeandditch,andwall,andrickandstack,wereexaminedbyourmenforalongdistanceround,lesttheboyshouldbelyinginsuchaplaceinsensibleordead;butnothingwasseentoindicatethathehadeverbeennear.Fromthetimewhenhewasleftintheloft-room,hevanished.Thesearchcontinuedforfivedays.

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