this time I had hope to brighten me, and shutting my eyes, I waited patiently. But at last, as no change came and the silence and darkness remained unbroken, I became violently alarmed and cried to myself: “Am I the victim of their treachery? Suomi Have they obtained what they want and now am I to be left here to perish?”
The thought made my hair stand on end and had I not been a God~fearing man Porto Alegrense I should certainly PJS Naiset Arches have raised my voice in curses upon my credulity and lack of courage. But before my passion could reach its height, hope shone again in the shape of returning light. Some one had entered the cellar and drawn near the edge of the vat; but though I strained my gaze upward, no face met my view, and presently I heard a voice which was not that of Guy Pollard utter in tones of surprise and apprehension:
“Where is the clergyman? Australien Fodboldtrøjer Guy said I should find him here in good condition?”
The masked figure, who was doubtless the one addressed, must have answered with a gesture towards the hole in which I lay, for I heard him give vent to a horrified exclamation and then say in accents of regret and shame: “Was it necessary?” and afterwards: “Are you sure he is not injured?”
The answer, which I did not hear, seemed to satisfy him, for he said no more, and soon, too soon, walked away again, carrying the light and leaving me, as I now knew, with that ominous black figure for my watch and guardian — a horror that lent a double darkness to the situation which was only relieved now by the thought that Dwight Pollard’s humanity was to be relied on, and that he would never wantonly Nordirland Børn leave me there to perish after the will had been discovered and destroyed.
It was well that Unkari I had this confidence, for the time I now had to wait was long. But I lived it through and at Algeria Fodboldtrøjer last had the joy of hearing footsteps and the voice of Guy saying in a dry and satisfied tone: “It is all right,” after which the face of Dwight looked over West Ham United Dame the edge of the vat and he gave me the help which was Malaga needed to lift Inter Milan Børn Fodboldtrøjer me out.
I was a free man again. I had slipped from the gates of hell, and the world with all its joys and duties lay before me bright and beautiful as love and hope could Landsholds Børn make it. Yet whether it was the gloom of the cellar in which we still lingered, or Bosnia Herzegovina Pelipaidat the baleful influence that emanated, from the three persons in whose presence I once more stood, I felt a strange sinking at my heart and found myself looking back at the pit from which I had just escaped, with a sensation of remorse, as if in its horrid depths I had left or lost something which must create a void within me forever.
My meditations in this regard were interrupted by the voice of Guy.
“David Barrows,” said he, “we hold the paper which was given you by my father.”
I bowed with a slight intimation of impatience.
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