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until the loss which we all deplore察I was gravelled!an expression
which your Ladyship察moving in the higher circles察will be so good
as to consider tantamount to knocked over。 Small likewise!a
name by which I refer to another party察a friend of mine that your
Ladyship is not acquainted with!got to be so close and double´
faced that at times it wasn¨t easy to keep one¨s hands off his ed。
However察what with the exertion of my humble abilities察and what
with the help of a mutual friend by the name of Mr Tony Weevle
who is of a high aristocratic turn察 and has your Ladyship¨s
portrait always hanging up in his room察I have now reasons for an
apprehension察as to which I come to put your Ladyship upon your
guard。 First察will your Ladyship allow me to ask you whether you
have had any strange visitors this morning拭 I don¨t mean
fashionable visitors察 but such visitors察 for instance察 as Miss
Barbary¨s old servant察or as a person without the use of his lower
extremities察carried upstairs similarly to a Guy拭院
^No 院
^Then I assure your Ladyship that such visitors have been here
and have been received here。 Because I saw them at the door察and
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waited at the corner of the square till they came out察and took half´
an´hour¨s turn afterwards to avoid them。 ̄
^What have I to do with that察 or what have you拭 I do not
understand you。 What do you mean拭院
^Your Ladyship察I come to put you on your guard。 There may
be no occasion for it。 Very well。 Then I have only done my best to
keep my promise to Miss Summerson。 I strongly suspect from
what Small has dropped察and from what we have corkscrewed out
of him that those letters I was to have brought to your Ladyship
were not destroyed when I supposed they were。 That if there was
anything to be blown upon察 it is blown upon。 That the visitors I
have alluded to have been here this morning to make money of it。
And that the money is made察or making。 ̄
Mr Guppy picks up his hat and rises。
^Your Ladyship察 you know best察 whether there¨s anything in
what I say察 or whether there¨s nothing。 Something or nothing察 I
have acted up to Miss Summerson¨s wishes in letting things alone察
and in undoing what I had begun to do察as far as possible察 that¨s
sufficient for me。 In case I should be taking a liberty in putting
your Ladyship on your guard when there¨s no necessity for it察you
will endeavour察 I should hope察 to outlive my presumption察 and I
shall endeavour to outlive your disapprobation。 I now take my
farewell of your Ladyship察and assure you that there¨s no danger
of your ever being waited on by me again。 ̄
She scarcely acknowledges these parting words by any look察
but when he has been gone a little while she rings her bell。
^Where is Sir Leicester拭院
Mercury reports that he is at present shut up in the library察
alone。
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^Has Sir Leicester had any visitors this morning拭院
Several on business。 Mercury proceeds to a description of them察
which has been anticipated by Mr Guppy。 Enough此he may go。
So All is broken down。 Her name is in these many mouths察her
husband knows his wrongs察her shame will be published!may be
spreading while she thinks about it!and in addition to the
thunderbolt so long foreseen by her察so unforeseen by him察she is
denounced by an invisible accuser as the murderess of her enemy。
Her enemy he was察and she has often察often察often察wished him
dead。 Her enemy he is察even in his grave。 This dreadful accusation
comes upon her察like a new torment at his lifeless hand。 And when
she recalls how she was secretly at his door that night察 and how
she may be represented to have sent her favourite girl away察 so
soon before察 merely to release herself from observation察 she
shudders as if the hangman¨s hands were at her neck。
She has thrown herself upon the floor察and lies with her hair all
wildly scattered察and her face buried in the cushions of a couch。
She rises up察 hurries to and fro察 flings herself down again察 and
rocks and moans。 The horror that is upon her察 is unutterable。 If
she really were the murderess察it could hardly be察for the moment察
more intense。
For察 as her murderous perspective察 before the doing of the
deed察 however subtle the precautions for its commission察 would
have been closed up by a gigantic dilatation of the hateful figure察
preventing her from seeing any consequences beyond it察 and as
those consequences would have rushed in察 in an unimagined
flood察the moment the figure was laid low!which always happens
when a murder is done察so察now she sees that when he used to be
on the watch before her察 and she used to think察 if some mortal
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stroke would but fall on this old man and take him from my way 院
it was but wishing that all he held against her in his hand might be
flung to the winds察and chance´sown in many places。 So察too察with
the wicked relief she has felt in his death。 What was his death but
the keystone of a gloomy arch removed察and now the arch begins
to fall in a thousand fragments察 each crushing and mangling
piecemeal
Thus察 a terrible impression steals upon and overshadows her察
that from this pursuer察 living or dead!obdurate and
imperturbable before her in his well´remembered shape察 or not
more obdurate and imperturbable in his coffin´bed察there is no
escape but in death。 Hunted察 she flies。 The complication of her
shame察 her dread察 remorse察 and misery察 overwhelms her at its
height察 and even her strength of self´reliance is overturned and
whirled away察like a leaf before a mighty wind。
She hurriedly addresses these lines to her husband察seals察and
leaves them on her table。
^If I am sought for察or accused of察his murder察believe that I am
wholly innocent。 Believe no other good of me察for I am innocent of
nothing else that you have heard察or will hear察laid to my charge。
He prepared me on that fatal night察for his disclosure of my guilt to
you。 After he had left me察I went out察on pretence of walking in the
garden where I sometimes walk察 but really to follow him察 and
make one last petition that he would not protract the dreadful
suspense on which I have been racked by him察 you do not know
how long察but would mercifully strike next morning。
^I found his house dark and silent。 I rang twice at his door察but
there was no reply察and I came home。
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