I certainly
don't think you would willfully keep me out of my property."
"Thank you for drawing the line somewhere. It was so noble of you to
interfere at Mrs. Rangely's! You didn't in the least mind robbing me of
my good name, and them of the comfort of believing it was real.
Besides, I did see things! I swear to you that I did! I am a medium in
spite of whatever you say. I can call up spirits!"
Her voice rose as she went on, and he feared lest she should work
herself into one of her furies of excitement and temper which he had
seen of old.
"Why should we go back to that?" he said, as gently as he could. "That
is past, and I only did what I thought was my duty."
"Oh, you did your duty, did you?" she sneered.
"Well, I'll do mine now. Stay here, while I go and empty that old desk.
I'll match you in doing my duty!"
She hurried tumultuously from the room, leaving Maurice in anything but
an enviable frame of mind. He began to walk up and down, assailed by
old memories at every turn, yet so disturbed by Mrs. Singleton's words
and manner that he could not heed the recollections. The minutes
passed, and Alice did not return.
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