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He drew his son from the room. On the stair: "You understand?" he asked. "The spirit of Mirza came to him again, clothed in his wife's body. Lord Lashmore felt the teeth at his throat, awoke instantly and struck out. As he did so, he turned the torch upon her, and recognised his wife! His heart completed the tragedy, and so to the laughter of the sorceress passed the last of the house of Dhoon."
"I think so. Am I wrong?" Lashmore stood on the rug before the fireplace, with his hands locked behind him and his head lowered, looking out under his tufted eyebrows at Dr. Cairn. Thus seen, Lord Lashmore's strange eyes had a sinister appearance. "If I had had a theory " he began. "You would have come to me to seek confirmation?" suggested Dr. Cairn. "Ah! yes, you may be right.
Lord Lashmore took a stride forward. His large hands clenched, and his eyes were blazing. "What do you know about her?" Surprise was in his voice, and anger. "I have seen her portrait in Dhoon Castle; you were not in residence at the time. Mirza, Lady Lashmore, was evidently a very beautiful woman. What was the date of the marriage?" "The third Baron brought her to England from? "Poland."
"The dressing-room door is open," he said. "I had advised Lord Lashmore to lock it." "Yes, sir; his lordship meant to, sir. But we found that the lock had been broken. It was to have been replaced to-morrow." Dr. Cairn turned to his son. "You hear?" he said. "No doubt you have some idea respecting which of the visitors to this unhappy house took the trouble to break that lock?
"And on the second occasion," he said, "you awoke earlier?" Lady Lashmore slightly moved her head. "The dream was identical?" "Yes." "Excepting these two occasions, you never dreamt it before?" "I dreamt part of it on several other occasions; or only remembered part of it on waking." "Which part?" "The first; that awful cavern "
To sleep till 5 o'clock, when it is now very dark, and then rose, being called up by order by Mr. Marlow, and so up and dressed myself, and by and by comes Mr. Lashmore on horseback, and I had my horse I borrowed of Mr. Gillthropp, Sir W. Batten's clerke, brought to me, and so we set out and rode hard and was at Nonsuch by about eight o'clock, a very fine journey and a fine day.
This record, Rob, one day will be a weapon to destroy an unnatural enemy. I will sign two copies to-night and lodge one at my bank." Lady Lashmore proved to be far more beautiful than Dr. Cairn had anticipated. She was a true brunette with a superb figure and eyes like the darkest passion flowers.
I seem to remember a tradition of Dhoon Castle, to the effect that births and deaths are heralded by a woman's mocking laughter?" "I, myself, heard it on the night I became Lord Lashmore." "That is the spirit who was known, in life, as Mirza, Lady Lashmore!" "But " "It is possible to gain control of such a being." "By what means?"
Lord Lashmore sat staring straight before him, his fists clenched upon his knees. Then: "It was after death that the third baron developed certain qualities?" inquired Dr. Cairn. "There were six cases of death in the district within twelve months," replied Lashmore. "The gruesome cry of 'vampire' ran through the community.
Suppose I come ostensibly to see Lady Lashmore?" Lord Lashmore was watching the speaker. "There is someone in my household whose suspicions you do not wish to arouse?" he suggested. "There is. Shall we make it nine o'clock?" "Why not come to dinner?" "Thanks all the same, but I think it would serve my purpose better if I came later." Dr.
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