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At last everything was closed up, much to Hallowell's satisfaction, who had been chafing under the vexatious delay ever since the escort left.
"The important thing now is that Miss Vera understands the message Mr. Hallowell is to receive from his sister." The two other men nodded quickly in assent. Gaylor turned to Vera. He spoke slowly, earnestly. "Miss Vera," he said, "Mr. Hallowell's present will leaves his fortune to his niece. He has made another will, which he has not signed, leaving his fortune to the Hallowell Institute.
And then Jethro sat down again in his chair not to leave it for six and thirty years. From this time forth that chair became a seat of power, and of dominion over a state. Thus it was that Jock Hallowell's prophecy, so lightly uttered, came to pass.
Happening to cast his eyes back on the Trail, Booth saw to his dismay twelve or fifteen of the savages coming up on the run with fresh energy, their spears poised ready for action, and he felt that something must be done very speedily to divert them; for if these added their number to those already surrounding the wagon, the chances were they would succeed in forcing the mules into the sunflowers, and his scalp and Hallowell's would dangle at the belt of the leader.
As they bent to their work, prying, rolling, and lifting the huge sills to their places on the foundation-wall, they showed in every movement the firm yet elastic action of muscles equal to their task. Though Hallowell's barn did not rise, like the walls of Ilium, to music, a fine human harmony aided in its construction.
The folding doors were thrown open, letting in a flood of light, and Mabel Vance, entering swiftly, knelt at the table and bent her head close to Vera. "That woman's in the hall," she whispered, "that niece of Hallowell's. Paul and Mannie can't get rid of her. Now she's got hold of Winthrop. She says she will see you. Be careful!" Vera rose.
He turned to the visitor and made a curt movement of the hand toward the open door. "There will be a seance tonight," he declared. "At Mr. Hallowell's. If you wish to protest against it, you can do so there. This is my house. If you have finished " He repeated the gesture toward the open door.
And then Jethro sat down again in his chair not to leave it for six and thirty years. From this time forth that chair became a seat of power, and of dominion over a state. Thus it was that Jock Hallowell's prophecy, so lightly uttered, came to pass.
The door banged open and Alan stood for a moment on the threshold. "My father forbids my sailing on the Huntress. I have told him I should go in spite of him," he said. He walked away along the corridor and down the stone steps, his feet quicker and lighter than Martin Hallowell's but his footsteps sounding, in some vague, terrible way, like his cousin's as he strode out and down the stairs.
It was grave and subdued, yet sweet in its tones as never before; he had not yet descended from the solemn exaltation of his recent mood. But the dusk sheltered his face, and its new brightness was visible only to Martha's eyes. Mark and Sally again led the way, and the lovers followed in silence up the hill, until they struck the Wilmington road, below Hallowell's.