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Chapter 16
Trelawny,seeingmelookingatthis,said,correctlyinterpretingmythoughts:
"Yes!itisnew.Ihungittheremyselfonpurpose.Iknewweshouldhavetolowergreatweights;andasIdidnotwishtotaketoomanyintomyconfidence,IarrangedatacklewhichIcouldworkaloneifnecessary."
Wesettoworkatonce;andbeforenightfallhadlowered,unhooked,andplacedinthepositionsdesignatedforeachbyTrelawny,allthegreatsarcophagiandallthecuriosandothermatterswhichwehadtakenwithus.
Itwasastrangeandweirdproceeding,theplacingofthosewonderfulmonumentsofabygoneageinthatgreencavern,whichrepresentedinitscuttingandpurposeandup-to-datemechanismandelectriclightsboththeoldworldandthenew.ButastimewentonIgrewmoreandmoretorecognisethewisdomandcorrectnessofMr.Trelawny’schoice.IwasmuchdisturbedwhenSilvio,whohadbeenbroughtintothecaveinthearmsofhismistress,andwhowaslyingasleeponmycoatwhichIhadtakenoff,sprangupwhenthecatmummyhadbeenunpacked,andflewatitwiththesameferocitywhichhehadpreviouslyexhibited.TheincidentshowedMargaretinanewphase,andonewhichgavemyheartapang.Shehadbeenstandingquitestillatonesideofthecaveleaningonasarcophagus,inoneofthosefitsofabstractionwhichhadoflatecomeuponher;butonhearingthesound,andseeingSilvio’sviolentonslaught,sheseemedtofallintoapositivefuryofpassion.