Chapter 3

           ThedooropenedandfromthedenseobscurityenshroudingmeIcouldjustperceiveatallshadowyfigurestandingonthethreshold.IrememberwellthecuriousimpressionthemereoutlineofthisscarcelydiscernedFormmadeuponmeeventhensuggestingatthefirstglancesuchastatelymajestyofheightandbearingasatoncerivetedmyattentionsomuchsoindeedthatIscarcelyheardmylandlady’sintroductorywords"Agentlemantoseeyousir,"wordsthatwerequicklyinterruptedbyamurmurofdismayatfindingtheroomintotaldarkness."Welltobesure!Thelampmusthavegoneout!"sheexclaimedthenaddressingthepersonageshehadusheredthusfar,sheadded"I’mafraidMrTempestisn’tinafterall,sir,thoughIcertainlysawhimabouthalf-an-hourago.Ifyoudon’tmindwaitinghereaminuteI’llfetchalightandseeifhehasleftanymessageonhistable."

           Shehurriedaway,andthoughIknewthatofcourseIoughttospeak,asingularandquiteinexplicableperversityofhumourkeptmesilentandunwillingtodeclaremypresence.Meanwhilethetallstrangeradvancedapaceortwo,andarichvoicewitharingofironicalamusementinitcalledmebymyname

           "GeoffreyTempest,areyouthere?"

           WhycouldInotanswer?Thestrangestandmostunnaturalobstinacystiffenedmytongueand,concealedinthegloomofmyforlornliterarydenIstillheldmypeace.

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