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Chapter 7

           

           Helaidtheaxeonthegroundnearthedeadbodyandfeltatonceinherpocket(tryingtoavoidthestreamingbody)thesameright-handpocketfromwhichshehadtakenthekeyonhislastvisit.Hewasinfullpossessionofhisfaculties,freefromconfusionorgiddiness,buthishandswerestilltrembling.Herememberedafterwardsthathehadbeenparticularlycollectedandcareful,tryingallthetimenottogetsmearedwithblood....Hepulledoutthekeysatonce,theywereall,asbefore,inonebunchonasteelring.Heranatonceintothebedroomwiththem.Itwasaverysmallroomwithawholeshrineofholyimages.Againsttheotherwallstoodabigbed,verycleanandcoveredwithasilkpatchworkwaddedquilt.Againstathirdwallwasachestofdrawers.Strangetosay,sosoonashebegantofitthekeysintothechest,sosoonasheheardtheirjingling,aconvulsiveshudderpassedoverhim.Hesuddenlyfelttemptedagaintogiveitallupandgoaway.Butthatwasonlyforaninstant;itwastoolatetogoback.Hepositivelysmiledathimself,whensuddenlyanotherterrifyingideaoccurredtohismind.Hesuddenlyfanciedthattheoldwomanmightbestillaliveandmightrecoverhersenses.Leavingthekeysinthechest,heranbacktothebody,snatcheduptheaxeandlifteditoncemoreovertheoldwoman,butdidnotbringitdown.Therewasnodoubtthatshewasdead.Bendingdownandexaminingheragainmoreclosely,hesawclearlythattheskullwasbrokenandevenbatteredinononeside.

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