nd of tilting stairs too narros, and to a landing, about as big as a cupboard, for a moment and t laid upon tern and was singed.
to ttle bedrooms of t ratress on a pallet on tleman and Maud. S into it, and stood not. to took , one by one, and put t cleman stood range. It icoat but noake out Mauds sockings, afraid. he said,
ell, I ste doairs. Sue, youll make table up here?
I did not anss sounding loud as taircase trembling. I side triking a match.
I looked at Maud. Sill alks of y. Sook a step towards me and said quickly,
If I s to you later, will you come?
I took t t; It e.
S
still . Sen to me, I mean it. Never mind o you, say youll come. Ill give you money for it.
range. gripped me of hing was awful. I said,
er take your drops and they will make you sleep.
Sleep? s to sleep, on my ?
Sood at o undress aken I turned and said, quietly,
You ter use t. You ter wash your legs, before he comes.
I t c er. to stand at, and o to able, no box, no portrait, no lig out her hand as if blind.
ts and pulled t . Against te of t I kne it alking toget light showed.
I looked at Maud. S my gaze. gleamed like glass. ill you look aill? surn my urned back. I could not , t errible to see. Gentleman talked on. Some breeze got into till shen she spoke again.
Come here, she said.
I s again. I s t to softly to ed o mout ears; and I could not kiss my , no, and noer, running, from t of her lips.
But t oo hers; and she seized my hand
and took it, first to o hey burned.
t feeling urned to somet you do it? sly, reacer me. Didnt you do it before, for t? Cant you leave me to ouco ter?—Dont go! S, before. You said I dreamed you. Im not dreaming no Briar again!
ood, clasping and unclasping my s s cry out, loud enougleman or Mrs Cream to I had kissed her.
o be different. You are a —
I fell silent. Sed aken up and moved.