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Chapter 30

           IhaveheardoldmentalkofprayerprayerbytheirownvoiceSuchneednottocourtortobribethefalsepriestButI—Idarenot!"

           "LivesReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,"saidabrokenandshrillvoiceclosebyhisbedside,"tosaythereisthatwhichhedaresnot!"

           TheevilconscienceandtheshakennervesofFront-de-Boeufheard,inthisstrangeinterruptiontohissoliloquy,thevoiceofoneofthosedemons,who,asthesuperstitionofthetimesbelieved,besetthebedsofdyingmentodistracttheirthoughts,andturnthemfromthemeditationswhichconcernedtheireternalwelfare.Heshudderedanddrewhimselftogether;but,instantlysummoninguphiswontedresolution,heexclaimed,"Whoisthere?whatartthou,thatdaresttoechomywordsinatonelikethatofthenight-raven?ComebeforemycouchthatImayseethee."

           "Iamthineevilangel,ReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,"repliedthevoice.

           "Letmebeholdtheetheninthybodilyshape,ifthoube’stindeedafiend,"repliedthedyingknight;"thinknotthatIwillblenchfromthee.

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