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Four Days of Anguish

           ButthefirstthinghedidonrecoveringhismemoryandspeechwastoaskforLordGlenarvan,or,failinghim,theMajor.McNabbsseeinghimsoweak,wouldhaveforbiddenanyconversation;butMulradyinsistedwithsuchenergythattheMajorhadtogivein.TheinterviewhadalreadylastedsomeminuteswhenGlenarvanreturned.TherewasnothingforitbuttoawaitthereturnofMcNabbs.

           Presentlytheleathercurtainsofthewagonmoved,andtheMajorappeared.Herejoinedhisfriendsatthefootofagum-tree,wherethetentwasplaced.Hisface,usuallysostolid,showedthatsomethingdisturbedhim.WhenhiseyesfellonLadyHelenaandtheyounggirl,hisglancewasfullofsorrow.

           Glenarvanquestionedhim,andextractedthefollowinginformation:WhenheleftthecampMulradyfollowedoneofthepathsindicatedbyPaganel.Hemadeasgoodspeedasthedarknessofthenightwouldallow.Hereckonedthathehadgoneabouttwomileswhenseveralmenfive,hethoughtsprangtohishorse’shead.Theanimalreared;Mulradyseizedhisrevolverandfired.Hethoughthesawtwoofhisassailantsfall.BytheflashherecognizedBenJoyce.Butthatwasall.Hehadnottimetofireallthebarrels.Hefeltaviolentblowonhissideandwasthrowntotheground.

           Stillhedidnotloseconsciousness.Themurderersthoughthewasdead.Hefeltthemsearchhispockets,andthenheardoneofthemsay:"Ihavetheletter."

           "Giveittome,"returnedBenJoyce,"andnowtheDuncanisours."

           Atthispointofthestory,Glenarvancouldnothelputteringacry.

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