The Last Tenant
after my wife; and then, in a more
word
phantom o
om of the girl. Frigh
saw
swear it was no tr
ened, as your wi
ar that that was no tri
bright prospect of the flowers in my garden; there was a space of some three feet be
," I said. "Look down he
I am lo
do you
thi
tely no
except t
be a man possessed of a fa
tain
give way to fad
tain
for the prosaic than the
ay that, wi
e, and though I hope I have a proper sympathy for my fellow-creatures, I am not given to extravagant sentiment.
do understa
little disturbed lately by my wife's wish to move, but the few restless nights I have passed from this reason are quit
d, who would dis
ain it away on the ground of sympathy between us. But the opening of the door could be no delusion; it was tight shut, and the key was incontestibly turned in the lock; and yet it opened to admit the specter. The doctor would smile at this, and ask incredulously, 'Is it necessa
Bob, regarding
rl, vanished; the othe
me what are you
me from the house, which glided along the streets at my side, which entered my own house with me, and which now lies
have a little time to consider. What kind of
read the
ion goo
the last ten years I have n
is in yo
t you are taking a me
t to think it out for myself.
its yellow eyes
uch
d and passed it over and
reply by
no
et it
ins motionless, in a state of e
uite under
; it would frighten her out of her life, and in the kindness of her heart she would try to make me disbelieve the evidence of my own senses. Therefore not a word about this to her. I hear h
th me. It is now half-past seven, and if you will be so good as n
ob Millet, in a tone
agedies to-day, and I don't intend they shall get the best of me. We will go to the Criterion, wher
en I sit in the pit I shall consider myself one of t
aria insisted upon paying all the expenses out of her private purs
enjoyment. I may say that the circumstance of the skeleton cat not accompanying us was the mainspring of my enjoyment. Could it have bee
accompan
ed back, "I see
ter, and were ready to depart
end an hour with me t
do him good. It does not do, Mr. Mill
shook hands, and wished