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"I have been haunted by a ghost," continued Duff Salter. "Yes, the ghost of my playmate has come to my threshold and peeped on me sitting there inattentive to his right to vengeance. We shall all be haunted till we give our evidence for the dead. No rest will come till that is done." "I must go," cried Podge Byerly. "You terrify me."
Podge felt a sense of strangling, as if going down, in a hollow gulf of resounding wave, and shouted: "Help! Save me! Save me!" She heard a voice like the principal teacher's, say in a lapping, watery way, "Miss Byerly, what is the meaning of this? Your division is in disorder. Nobody has recited. Unless you are ill I must suspend you and call another teacher here." "Help!
I'm floating off upon the river. Save me! I drown! I drown!" The scholars were all up and excited. The principal motioned another lady teacher to come, and laid Podge's head in the other's lap. "Is it brain fever?" he asked. "She has been under great excitement," Podge heard the other lady say. "The Zane murder occurred in her family. Last night, I have been told, Miss Byerly refused Mr.
She took the tablets to write a reply. Something seemed to arise in her mind to prevent the intention. She burst into tears and left the table. "Ha!" thought Duff Salter grimly, "there will be no confession there. Then, little Miss Byerly, I will try to throw off its guard thy saucy perversity; for surely these two women understand each other."
I have almost finished up this work of auditing and clearing the estate. I intend now to pay some attention to the tragedy, accident, or whatever it was, that led to Mr. Zane's cutting off. You will second me warmly in this, I am sure." Agnes turned pale, and felt the executor's eyes upon her. Podge Byerly was pale too. Duff Salter did not give them any opportunity to recover composure.
Captain Byerly was now no longer with them, and not another word was said of the transactions of that night. Green relapsed into gloomy silence, and very shortly after, the two ladies retired to rest. The moment they were gone, Lord Sherbrooke grasped Wilton's hand, saying, "What is the matter, Wilton? You are evidently ill at ease." Wilton smiled.
He knows me well by sight, too; and if he be let loose, I shall not consider my life worth a moment's purchase." "Even if you could trust him," said Rookwood, "there is the other, Captain Byerly as they call him, Green's great friend, who threw the money, which Lowick offered him to quit Green, in his face.
"You had better bid them bring down a chaise for the gentleman and lady from Stroud," said the landlord. "That will save me from sending some one on the gentleman's horse." "No, no, landlord, no, no!" answered Byerly, "you are not up to a stratagem. Send your ostler with me on Mr. Brown's horse.
I suppose such a thing is not to be procured here." "That there is not," replied the landlord; "and unless I send your horse, sir, or the Messenger's, or the Captain's, I have none to go." "Send mine, then, send mine!" replied Wilton. "But here comes Captain Byerly himself, bringing us news, doubtless."
"No, not exactly ill," answered Byerly, "and I don't well know what it is makes him so. At all events, I can't stop to talk about it at present; but if you go on you will see him, and hear more about it from himself. Good night, Mr. Brown, good night: those fellows will get too far ahead of me, if I don't mind." And thus saying, he rode on.
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