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Chapter 4

           Onthespottherecametometheaddedshockofacertitudethatitwasnotformehehadcomethere.Hehadcomeforsomeoneelse.

           Theflashofthisknowledgeforitwasknowledgeinthemidstofdreadproducedinmethemostextraordinaryeffect,startedasIstoodthere,asuddenvibrationofdutyandcourage.IsaycouragebecauseIwasbeyondalldoubtalreadyfargone.Iboundedstraightoutofthedooragain,reachedthatofthehouse,got,inaninstant,uponthedrive,and,passingalongtheterraceasfastasIcouldrush,turnedacornerandcamefullinsight.Butitwasinsightofnothingnowmyvisitorhadvanished.Istopped,Ialmostdropped,withtherealreliefofthis;butItookinthewholesceneIgavehimtimetoreappear.Icallittime,buthowlongwasit?Ican’tspeaktothepurposetodayofthedurationofthesethings.Thatkindofmeasuremusthaveleftme:theycouldn’thavelastedastheyactuallyappearedtometolast.Theterraceandthewholeplace,thelawnandthegardenbeyondit,allIcouldseeofthepark,wereemptywithagreatemptiness.Therewereshrubberiesandbigtrees,butIremembertheclearassuranceIfeltthatnoneofthemconcealedhim.Hewasthereorwasnotthere:notthereifIdidn’tseehim.Igotholdofthis;then,instinctively,insteadofreturningasIhadcome,wenttothewindow.ItwasconfusedlypresenttomethatIoughttoplacemyselfwherehehadstood.Ididso;Iappliedmyfacetothepaneandlooked,ashehadlooked,intotheroom

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