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In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3

By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

2022-05-30 23:11:36

Excerpt....."Well, my dear Eugenie? Well, child—eh? Well, it all goes admirably?" "Yes," she answered, in a low, hard tone. "But you and Planard should not have left that door open." This she said sternly. &q ... Read more

Excerpt....."Well, my dear Eugenie? Well, child—eh? Well, it all goes admirably?"

"Yes," she answered, in a low, hard tone. "But you and Planard should not have left that door open."

This she said sternly. "He went in there and looked about wherever he liked; it was fortunate he did not move aside the lid of the coffin."

"Planard should have seen to that," said the Count, sharply. "Ma foi! I can't be everywhere!" He advanced half-a-dozen short quick steps into the room toward me, and placed his glasses to his eyes.

"Monsieur Beckett," he cried sharply, two or three times, "Hi! don't you know me?"

He approached and peered more closely in my face; raised my hand and shook it, calling me again, then let it drop, and said—"It has set in admirably, my pretty mignonne. When did it commence?"

The Countess came and stood beside him, and looked at me steadily for some seconds.

You can't conceive the effect of the silent gaze of those two pairs of evil eyes.....

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File size140.515 KB
Print pages34
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1236683960
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to...

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