"
"Nothing more?" And his voice came nearer.
"A few trifles."
"They are under lock and key, I suppose?"
"We do not carry relics about with us."
"There is the conductor; I must go. Turn your face toward me more."
I obeyed him, and our eyes met. His searching gaze made me shiver.
"I have been married," he said, and his eyes were unflinching, "and my
wife is dead."
All the lights went down, I thought; I struck out my arm to find
Leonora, who caught it and pressed it down.
"I must get out," I said; and I walked up the alley to the door without
stumbling.
I knew that I was fainting or dying; as I had never fainted, I did not
know which. Redmond carried me through the cloak-room and put me on a
sofa.
"I never can speak to him again," I thought, and then I lost sight of
them all.
A terribly sharp pain through my heart roused me, and I was in a
violent chill. They had thrown water over my face; my hair was matted,
and the water was dripping from it on my naked shoulders. The gloves
had been ripped from my hands, and Leonora was wringing my
handkerchief.
"The heat made you faint, dear," she said.
John was walking up and down the room with a phlegmatic countenance,
but he was fuming.
"My new dress is ruined, John," I said.
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