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Chapter 14

           "Fetchthedoctor!"hecriedtothestartledservant"LadyEltonhashadanothershock!Shemustbetakentoherroomatonce!"

           "CanIbeofanyservice?"Iinquired,withaside-glanceatRimânez,whostoodgravelyapart,astatuesquelycomposedfigureofsilence.

           "Nonothanksallthesame!"andtheEarlpressedmyhandgratefully"Sheshouldnothavecomedownstairsithasbeentooexcitingforher.Sybil,don’tlookather,mydearitwillonlyunnerveyouMissChesney,praygotoyourroomCharlottecandoallthatispossible"

           Ashespoketwoofthemen-servantscameintocarrytheinsensibleCountessupstairsandastheyslowlyboreheronhercoffin-likecouchpastme,oneofthemdrewthecoverletacrossherfacetoconcealit.ButnotsoquicklythatIcouldnotseetheawfulchangeimpresseduponittheindeliblehorrorthatwasstampedonthedrawnfeatureshorrorsuchassurelyneverwasseenexceptinapainter’sideaofsomelostsoulintorment.Theeyeswererolledupandfixedintheirsocketslikeballsofglass,andinthemalsowasfrozenthesamefrenzieddesperatelookoffear.Itwasadreadfulface!sodreadfulinitsghastlyimmovablenessthatIwasallatonceremindedofmyhideousvisionofthepreviousnight,andthepallidcountenancesofthethreephantomsthathadscaredmeinmysleep.

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