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At the end of the passage she turned to the left and went down another passage, and then wended her way up some narrow stairs, which curled round and round as if they were going up a tower. This, as a matter of fact, was the case. Presently Iris pushed aside a curtain, and found herself in an octagon room nearly at the top of a somewhat high, but squarely built, tower.
It was intended to be square, but constant testings and trials had caused it to assume more the appearance of an octagon, and as the sides had thus bulged out, the bands which had held the instrument together became loosened and untrustworthy. Edmund surveyed it affectionately.
Repair of galilee. There would also be much to be done in the matter of properly warming and lighting the cathedral; but those expenses were more strictly within the ordinary obligations of the dean and chapter. The only one of the above works that calls for special notice is the restoration of the octagon and lantern.
"I want none of her money. Cuthbert has money of his own, and his uncle is rich also." "I really hope Cuthbert has enough to justify him gambling." "He does not gamble," said Juliet quickly. "Yes he does," insisted Mrs. Octagon. "I have heard rumors; it is but right you should hear about " "I want to hear nothing. I thought you liked Cuthbert." "I do, and he is a good match.
It is in designing this chapel that Huguet showed his greatest originality and constructive daring: a few feet behind the central apse he planned a great octagon about seventy-two feet in diameter, surrounded by seven apsidal chapels, one on each side except that next the church, while between these chapels are small low chambers where were to be the tombs themselves.
"And it seems to me," went on the detective, "that Cuthbert learned something from Miss Saxon which he does not wish to tell me." "Something to do with Mrs. Octagon." "Why with her?" demanded Jennings suddenly. "Oh, because I think Isabella capable of much. She is a fatal woman!" "What do you mean by that phrase?" "Isabella exercised a bad influence on my life.
"She told me that it was always the dream of her life to see me your wife, but that Maraquito had threatened to ruin Basil if " "Oh, that is the story, is it? Well, Juliet, I am much obliged to Mrs. Octagon for loving me so much, but, with your permission, we will not see more of her than we can help."
"Oh," said the new Lord Caranby with a grim smile, "I intend to settle Mrs. Octagon once and for all." "Surely you don't intend to tell her of the murder." "Certainly not. She would make the matter public at once. But her knowledge of the real name of Emilia, and her hushing up of the murder of her sister, will be quite enough to bring her to her knees.
"It is not known," said Mr. Octagon. "Last night she entertained a few friends to be precise, three, and she was found by her new parlor-maid dead in her chair, stabbed to the heart. The weapon has not been found, nor has any trace of the murderer been discovered." "Entertained friends," muttered Mrs. Octagon weeping, "the usual lot. Mr. Hale, Mrs. Herne and Mr. Clancy "
The total expense of this rebuilding is given at £2034 12s. 8¼d., while the cost of the octagon and lantern amounted to not very much more £2406 6s. 11d. Nearly all this latter cost was defrayed by the monastery, little more than £200 having been contributed from external sources. These amounts must be multiplied by twenty, if not twenty-five, to represent the present value.
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