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加拿大#~pc-#28~=预测走势图微《28297》 There came a second's pause. Then Utter silence reigned after. Nothing moved. The flame of the candle was steady. It had been steady the whole thad seen absolutely nothing—not a hand, or arm, or face, or even a shred of flying clothing.ime, and the air had been undisturbed by any movement whatsoever. Palsied with terror, Aunt Julia, without waiting for her companion, began fumbling her way downstairs; she was crying gently to herself, and when Shorthouse put his arm round her and half carried her he felt that she wthe first one, the lighter of the two, obviously the pursued one, ran with uncertain footsteps into the little room which Shorthouse and his aunt had just left. The heavier one followed. There was a sound of scuffling, gasping, and smothered screaming; and then out on to the landing came the step—of a single person treading weightily.
A dead silence followed for the space of half a minute, and then was heard a rushing sound thro IT was left behind, and when they went more slowly IT caught them up. But never once did they look behind to see; and at each turning of the staircase they lowered theiugh the air. It was followed by a dull, crashing thud in the depths of the house below—on the stone floor of the hall.
as trembling like a leaf. He went into the little room and picked up the cloak from the floor, and, arm in arm, walking very slowly, without speaking a word or looking once behind them, they marched down the three flights into the hall.
In the hall they saw nothing, but the whole way down the stairs they were conscious that someone followed them; step by step; when they went fasterr eyes for fear of the following horror they might see upon the stairs above.
