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The Musgrave Ritual

           Hewassittingfullydressed,inaneasy-chair,withaslipofpaperwhichlookedlikeamapuponhisknee,andhisforeheadsunkforwarduponhishandindeepthought.Istooddumbwithastonishment,watchinghimfromthedarkness.Asmalltaperontheedgeofthetableshedafeeblelightwhichsufficedtoshowmethathewasfullydressed.Suddenly,asIlooked,herosefromhischair,and,walkingovertoabureauattheside,heunlockeditanddrewoutoneofthedrawers.Fromthishetookapaper,and,returningtohisseat,heflatteneditoutbesidethetaperontheedgeofthetableandbegantostudyitwithminuteattention.MyindignationatthiscalmexaminationofourfamilydocumentsovercamemesofarthatItookastepforward,andBrunton,lookingup,sawmestandinginthedoorway.Hesprangtohisfeet,hisfaceturnedlividwithfear,andhethrustintohisbreastthechart-likepaperwhichhehadbeenoriginallystudying.

           "ι"So!"saidI."Thisishowyourepaythetrustwhichwehavereposedinyou.Youwillleavemyserviceto-morrow."

           "‘Hebowedwiththelookofamanwhoisutterlycrushedandslunkpastmewithoutaword.Thetaperwasstillonthetable,andbyitslightIglancedtoseewhatthepaperwaswhichBruntonhadtakenfromthebureau.Tomysurpriseitwasnothingofanyimportanceatall,butsimplyacopyofthequestionsandanswersinthesingularoldobservancecalledtheMusgraveRitual.

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