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When Tom was gone, and the bare night, a diffused conscience, all about her, Letty, with a strange fear at her heart, like one in a churchyard, with the ghost-hour at hand, and feeling like "a guilty thing surprised," although she had done nothing wrong in its mere self, stole back to the door of the kitchen, longing for the shelter of her own room, as never exile for his fatherland.
The grasp of the fingers relaxed, the laboured breath came more gently, and in a few more minutes she slept. Twilight was long over. The ghost-hour was past, and the moon outside was slowly gaining a wider empire in the clearing heavens. It was a little after ten o'clock when Rose drew aside the curtain at Burwood and looked out. 'There is the lantern, she said to Agnes, 'just by the vicarage.
The grasp of the fingers relaxed, the labored breath came more gently, and in a few more minutes she slept. Twilight was long over. The ghost-hour was passed, and the moon outside was slowly gaining a wider empire in the clearing heavens. It was a little after ten o'clock that Rose drew aside the curtain at Burwood and looked out. 'There is the lantern, she said to Agnes, 'just by the vicarage.
If this delirium lasted till the ghost-hour the time of twilight, that is to say, which would begin about half-past eight, and the duration of which would depend on the cloudiness of the evening was over, or, better still, till midnight were past, the strain on the girl's agonised senses might be relieved, and death come at last in softer, kinder guise.
If this delirium lasted till the ghost-hour the time of twilight, that is to say, which would begin about half-past eight, and the duration of which would depend on the cloudiness of the evening was over; or, better still, till midnight were past; the strain on the girl's agonized senses might be relieved, and death come at last in softer, kinder guise.
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