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"Why may not there have been something in that?" "There may have been something in it," said Carnacki. "But I do not think it had anything to do with this. I have not clearly thought out my reasons, yet; but later I may be able to tell you why I think so." "And the marriage? And the cellar was there anything found there?" asked Taylor.
Of course, if I had managed to take a flashlight just at that instant, the whole secret of the haunting would have been exposed. But Fate just ordered it the other way." "And the tramps?" I asked. "Oh, you mean the two tramps who were found dead in the Manor," said Carnacki. "Well, of course it is impossible to be sure, one way or the other.
"And you believe that the Room had become the material expression of the ancient Jester that his soul, rotten with hatred, had bred into a monster eh?" I asked. "Yes," said Carnacki, nodding, "I think you've put my thought rather neatly. It makes one think some curious thoughts, doesn't it? The marriage coming on, and the Room waking to fresh life. If she had gone into that room, ever ... eh?
"Yes, the marriage was performed that day in spite of the tragedy," Carnacki told us. "It was the wisest thing to do considering the things that I cannot explain. Yes, I had the floor of that big cellar up, for I had a feeling I might find something there to give me some light. But there was nothing. "You know, the whole thing is tremendous and extraordinary.
"How could it be there, when at that very moment it was set in the trap?" "That was my mistake," replied Carnacki. "The dagger could not possibly have been in its sheath at the time, though I thought it was. You see, the curious cross-hilted sheath gave the appearance of the complete weapon, as you can understand.
It is impossible to make it plainer in a few words." "What broke the seventh hair?" asked Taylor. But Carnacki did not know. He thought it was probably nothing but being too severely tensioned.
It was still evening, as I remember, and the four of us, Jessop, Arkright, Taylor and I, looked disappointedly at Carnacki, where he sat silent in his great chair.
Of course, that is only a rough rendering of the translation of the parchment. But it sounds extraordinarily quaint. Don't you think so?" "Yes," I said, answering for the lot. "But how did the thing grow to such a tremendous manifestation?" "One of those cases of continuity of thought producing a positive action upon the immediate surrounding material," replied Carnacki.
Carnacki made an end of speaking and leant forward for a spill. "But you've never told us just how you discovered the secret of the divided post and all that," I said, speaking for the four of us. "Oh, that!" replied Carnacki, puffing vigorously at his pipe.
"Out you go!" said Carnacki, genially, using the recognized formula. And we went out on to the Embankment, and presently through the darkness to our various homes. No. 3 Carnacki shook a friendly fist at me as I entered, late. Then he opened the door into the dining room, and ushered the four of us Jessop, Arkright, Taylor and myself in to dinner.
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