Chapter 18

           Thatnightweallwenttobedearly.Thenextnightwouldbeananxiousone,andMr.Trelawnythoughtthatweshouldallbefortifiedwithwhatsleepwecouldget.Theday,too,wouldbefullofwork.EverythinginconnectionwiththeGreatExperimentwouldhavetobegoneover,sothatatthelastwemightnotfailfromanyunthought-offlawinourworking.Wemade,ofcourse,arrangementsforsummoningaidincasesuchshouldbeneeded;butIdonotthinkthatanyofushadanyrealapprehensionofdanger.CertainlywehadnofearofsuchdangerfromviolenceaswehadhadtoguardagainstinLondonduringMr.Trelawny’slongtrance.

           FormyownpartIfeltastrangesenseofreliefinthematter.IhadacceptedMr.Trelawny’sreasoningthatiftheQueenwereindeedsuchaswesurmisedsuchasindeedwenowtookforgrantedtherewouldnotbeanyoppositiononherpart;forwewerecarryingoutherownwishestotheverylast.SofarIwasateasefarmoreateasethanearlierinthedayIshouldhavethoughtpossible;buttherewereothersourcesoftroublewhichIcouldnotblotoutfrommymind.ChiefamongstthemwasMargaret’sstrangecondition.Ifitwasindeedthatshehadinherownpersonadualexistence,whatmighthappenwhenthetwoexistencesbecameone?Again,andagain,andagainIturnedthismatteroverinmymind,tillIcouldhaveshriekedoutinnervousanxiety.ItwasnoconsolationtometorememberthatMargaretwasherselfsatisfied,andherfatheracquiescent.

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