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Thechillwasbuttra.Myaunt,whowasalmostasresoluteapersonageasyouruurnioryteller),bestantlydcollected.Shewentonadjustingherdress.Sheevenhummedanair,anddidnotmakeevenasie.Shecasuallyoverturnedadressingbox;tookadpickeduptheartiebyohefloor;pursuedaroilingpinthatwasmakiswayuhehedoor;lookedforaninstantintothecorridor,asifindoubtwhethertogo;andthelyout.
&eairs,orderedtheservantstoarmthemselveswiththeonsfirstathand,placedherselfattheirhead,aimmediately.
&ilyleviedarmypresentedaformidableforce.Thestewardhadarustybluheahefootmanapairofhorsepistols,thecookahugegkhebutlerabottleinead.Myauhared-hotpoker,andinmyopihemostformidableoftheparty.Thewaitingmaid,whodreadedtostayalos'hall,broughtuptherear,smellingtoabrokeilesalts,andexpressihe"ghostesses"."Ghosts!"saidmyauely."I'llsiheirwhiskersforthem!"
&eredthechamber.Allwasstillandundisturbedaswheit.Theyapproachedtheportraitofmyuncle.
"Pulldoicture!"criedmyaunt.Aheavygroan,andasouterih,issuedfromtheportrait.Theservantsshrunkback;themaidutteredafaintshriek,andgtothefootmanforsupport.
"Instantly!"addedmyaunt,ofthefoot.Thepictureulleddown,andfromaredit,inwhierlystoodaclock,theyhauledfortharound-shouldered,black-beardedvarlet,withaknifeaslongasmyarm,buttremblingalloverlikeanaspenleaf.
"Well,andwhowashe?Noghost,Isuppose,"saidtheileman.
"Aknightofthepost,"repliedthenarrator,"whohadbeeheworthofthe;orrather,amaraudingTarquin,whohadstolenintoherchambertoviolateherpurse,arongbox,whenallthehouseshouldbeasleep.I;uedhe,"thevagabondwasaloose,idlefellowoftheneighborhood,whohadonaservantinthehouse,andhadbeeoassistinarrangingitforthereistress.Hefessedthathehadtrivedthishidingplaceforhisnefariouspurpose,andhadborrowedaheportraitbywayofarehole."
"Andwhatdidtheydowithhim?Didtheyhanghim?"resumedthequestioner.
"Hanghim?Howcouldthey?"exclaimedabeetle-browedbarristerwithahawk'sheoffeorobbery,noassaulthadbeenitted.Nofortryintothepremises."
"Myaunt,"saidthenarrator,"irit,andapttotakethelawinherownhands.Shehadherownnotionsofessalso.Sheorderedthefellowtobedrawnthroughthehorsepond,toseawayalloffehentobewellrubbeddownwithaowel."
"Andwhatbeafterwards?"saidtheileman.
"Idolyknow.IbelievehewassentonavoyageofimprovementtoBotanyBay."
"Andyouraunt?"saidtheileman."I'llwarraookakehermaidsleepihherafterthat."
"No,sir,shedidbetter;shegaveherhandshortlyaftertsquire;forsheusedtoobservethatitwasadismalthingforawomantosleepalory."
"Shewasright,"observedtheileman,noddingsagaciously;"butIamsorrytheydidnothangthatfellow."
Itwasagreedonallhandsthatthelastnarraththistaletothemostsatisfa,thoughatrypresetheu,whofiguredinthedifferentstories,hadnotbeeher;theylywouldhavebeeched.
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