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Flight

           Andwhensherecallshowshewassecretlyathisdoorthatnight,andhowshemayberepresentedtohavesentherfavouritegirlawaysosoonbeforemerelytoreleaseherselffromobservation,sheshuddersasifthehangman’shandswereatherneck.Shehasthrownherselfuponthefloorandlieswithherhairallwildlyscatteredandherfaceburiedinthecushionsofacouch.Sherisesup,hurriestoandfro,flingsherselfdownagain,androcksandmoans.Thehorrorthatisuponherisunutterable.Ifshereallywerethemurderess,itcouldhardlybe,forthemoment,moreintense.Forashermurderousperspective,beforethedoingofthedeed,howeversubtletheprecautionsforitscommission,wouldhavebeenclosedupbyagiganticdilatationofthehatefulfigure,preventingherfromseeinganyconsequencesbeyondit;andasthoseconsequenceswouldhaverushedin,inanunimaginedflood,themomentthefigurewaslaidlowwhichalwayshappenswhenamurderisdone;so,nowsheseesthatwhenheusedtobeonthewatchbeforeher,andsheusedtothink,"ifsomemortalstrokewouldbutfallonthisoldmanandtakehimfrommyway!"itwasbutwishingthatallheheldagainstherinhishandmightbeflungtothewindsandchance-sowninmanyplaces.So,too,withthewickedreliefshehasfeltinhisdeath.

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