Chapter 40

           ItwasfortunateformethatIhadtotakeprecautionstoensure(sofarasIcould)thesafetyofmydreadedvisitor;for,thisthoughtpressingonmewhenIawoke,heldotherthoughtsinaconfusedconcourseatadistance.

           Theimpossibilityofkeepinghimconcealedinthechamberswasself-evident.Itcouldnotbedone,andtheattempttodoitwouldinevitablyengendersuspicion.True,IhadnoAvengerinmyservicenow,butIwaslookedafterbyaninflammatoryoldfemale,assistedbyananimatedrag-bagwhomshecalledherniece,andtokeeparoomsecretfromthemwouldbetoinvitecuriosityandexaggeration.Theybothhadweakeyes,whichIhadlongattributedtotheirchronicallylookinginatkeyholes,andtheywerealwaysathandwhennotwanted;indeedthatwastheironlyreliablequalitybesideslarceny.Nottogetupamysterywiththesepeople,Iresolvedtoannounceinthemorningthatmyunclehadunexpectedlycomefromthecountry.

           ThiscourseIdecidedonwhileIwasyetgropingaboutinthedarknessforthemeansofgettingalight.Notstumblingonthemeansafterall,IwasfaintogoouttotheadjacentLodgeandgetthewatchmantheretocomewithhislantern.Now,ingropingmywaydowntheblackstaircaseIfelloversomething,andthatsomethingwasamancrouchinginacorner.

           AsthemanmadenoanswerwhenIaskedhimwhathedidthere,buteludedmytouchinsilence,IrantotheLodgeandurgedthewatchmantocomequickly;tellinghimoftheincidentonthewayback.

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