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Chapter 40

           Aspectaclethatsoonafterwardscameunderhiseyessimultaneouslyseenbyeveryindividualofthepartysofarfromsolvingthemystery,hadtheeffectofrenderingityetmoreinexplicable.

           Morethanthis.Whathadhithertobeenbutanambiguousaffairasubjectforguessandspeculationwassuddenlytransformedintoahorror;ofthatintensekindthatcanonlyspringfromthoughtsofthesupernatural.

           Noonecouldsaythatthisfeelingofhorrorhadarisenwithoutreason.

           Whenamanisseenmountedonahorse’sback,seatedfirmlyinthesaddle,withlimbsastrideinthestirrups,bodyerect,andhandholdingthereininshort,everythinginairandattituderequiredofarider;when,oncloserscrutiny,itisobserved:thatthereissomethingwantingtocompletetheideaofaperfectequestrian;and,onstillcloserscrutiny,thatthissomethingisthehead,itwouldbestrangeifthespectacledidnotstartlethebeholder,terrifyinghimtotheverycoreofhisheart.

           Andthisverysightcamebeforetheireyes;causingthemsimultaneouslytoreinup,andwithasmuchsuddenness,asifeachhadrashlyriddenwithinlessthanhishorse’slengthofthebrinkofanabyss!

           Thesunwaslowdown,almostonalevelwiththesward.Facingwestward,hisdiscwasdirectlybeforethem.Hisrays,glaringredlyintheireyes,hinderedthemfromhavingaveryaccurateview,towardsthequarterofthewest.

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