Волхв

Chapter 25

           IlookedthroughoneofthenarrowarchedwindowsandimmediatelysawConchs.Hehadbeguntoplayagain.Imovedtolookforthegirl.Iwassurethatnoonecouldhavehadtimetocrossthegravel.Butshewasnotthere.Imovedroundbehindhisback,untilIhadseeneverypartoftheroom.Andshewasnotthere.Ithoughtshemightbeunderthefrontpartofthecolonnade,andpeeredcautiouslyroundthecorner.Itwasempty.Themusicwenton.Istood,undecided.Shemusthaverunthroughtheoppositeendofthecolonnadeandroundthebackofthehouse.Duckingunderthewindowsandstealingpasttheopendoors,Istaredoutacrossthevegetableterrace,thenwalkedaroundit.Ifeltsureshemusthaveescapedthisway.Buttherewasnosignofanybody.Iwaitedoutthereforseveralminutes,andthenConchisstoppedplaying.Soonthelampwentoutandhedisappeared.Iwentbackandsatinthedarknessononeofthechairsunderthecolonnade.Therewasadeepsilence.Onlythecricketscheeped,likedropsofwaterstrikingthebottomofagiganticwell.Conjecturesflewthroughmyhead.ThepeopleIhadseen,thesoundsIhadheard,andthatvilesmell,hadbeenreal,notsupernatural;whatwasnotrealwastheabsenceofanyvisiblemachinerynosecretrooms,nowheretodisappearorofanymotive.Andthisnewdimension,thissuggestionthatthe"apparitions"weremountedforConchsaswellasmyself,wasthemostbafflingofall.Isatinthedarkness,halfhopingthatsomeone,Ihoped"Lily,"wouldappearandexplain.

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