Pickering rose, seized his hat and turned toward the

shattered library-door. He paused for one moment, his

face livid with rage.

"You old fool!" he screamed at my grandfather.

"You old lunatic, I wish to God I had never seen you!

No wonder you came back to life! You're a tricky old

devil and too mean to die!"

He turned toward me with some similar complaint

ready at his tongue's end; but Stoddard caught him by

the shoulders and thrust him out upon the terrace.

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A moment later we saw him cross the meadow and

hurry toward St. Agatha's.




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