Chapter 3

           Thedooropened—andfromthedenseobscurityenshroudingmeIcouldjustperceiveatallshadowyfigurestandingonthethreshold.IrememberwellthecuriousimpressionthemereoutlineofthisscarcelydiscernedFormmadeuponmeeventhen—suggestingatthefirstglancesuchastatelymajestyofheightandbearingasatoncerivetedmyattention—somuchsoindeedthatIscarcelyheardmylandlady’sintroductorywords"Agentlemantoseeyousir,"—wordsthatwerequicklyinterruptedbyamurmurofdismayatfindingtheroomintotaldarkness."Welltobesure!Thelampmusthavegoneout!"sheexclaimed—thenaddressingthepersonageshehadusheredthusfar,sheadded—"I’mafraidMrTempestisn’tinafterall,sir,thoughIcertainlysawhimabouthalf-an-hourago.Ifyoudon’tmindwaitinghereaminuteI’llfetchalightandseeifhehasleftanymessageonhistable."

           Shehurriedaway,andthoughIknewthatofcourseIoughttospeak,asingularandquiteinexplicableperversityofhumourkeptmesilentandunwillingtodeclaremypresence.Meanwhilethetallstrangeradvancedapaceortwo,andarichvoicewitharingofironicalamusementinitcalledmebymyname—

           "GeoffreyTempest,areyouthere?"

           WhycouldInotanswer?Thestrangestandmostunnaturalobstinacystiffenedmytongue—and,concealedinthegloomofmyforlornliterarydenIstillheldmypeace.

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