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Wasittoescapeanylackofconcentrationwhichthesesamememoriesmightbring，thatheroseandsteppedtothewindow?Orwasitunderoneofthoseinvoluntaryimpulseswhichmoveusinspiteofourselvestodotheverythingourjudgmentdisapproves?
NosoonerhadheapproachedthesillthanMr。Brotherson’sshadeflewwayupandhe，too，lookedout。Theirglancesmet，andforaninstantthehardydetectiveexperiencedthatinvoluntarystagnationofthebloodwhichfollowsaninnershock。Hefeltthathehadbeenrecognised。Themoonlightlayfulluponhisface，andtheotherhadseenandknownhim。Else，whytheconstrainedattitudeandsuddenrigidityobservableinthisconfrontingfigure，withitspartiallyliftedhand?AmanlikeBrothersonmakesnopauseinanyactionhowevertrivial，withoutareason。Eitherhehadbeentransfixedbythisglimpseofhisenemyonwatch，ordaringthought！
hadseenenoughofsepulchralsuggestioninthewanfacelookingforthfromthisfatalwindowtoshakehimfromhiscomposureandletloosethegrinningdevilofremorsefromitsironprison-house?
Ifso，themovementwasamemorableone，andthehazardquiteworthwhile。Hehadgained-no！hehadgainednothing。Hehadbeenthefoolofhisownwishes。Noone，letaloneBrotherson，couldhavemistakenhisfaceforthatofawoman。Hehadforgottenhisnewly-grownbeard。Someothercausemustbefoundfortheother’sattitude。Itsavouredofshock，ifnotfear。Ifitwerefear，thenhadherousedanemotionwhichmightrebounduponhimselfinsharpreprisal。Deathhadbeenknowntostrikepeoplestandingwherehestood；mysteriousdeathofaspeciesquiteunrecognisable。
Whatwarrantyhadhethatitwouldnotstrikehim，andnow?None。
YetitwasBrothersonwhomovedfirst。Withashrugoftheshoulderplainlyvisibletothemanopposite，heturnedawayfromthewindowandwithoutloweringtheshadebegangatheringuphispapersforthenight，andlaterbankinguphisstovewithashes。
Sweetwater，withabreathofdecidedrelief，steppedbackandthrewhimselfonthebed。Ithadreallybeenatrialforhimtostandthereundertheother’seye，thoughhismindrefusedtoformulatehisfear，ortogivehimanysatisfactionwhenheaskedhimselfwhattherewasinthesituationsuggestiveofdeathtothewomanorharmtohimself。
Nordidmorninglightbringcounsel，asisusualinsimilarcases。
Hefeltthemysterymoreinthehubbubandrestlessturmoilofthedaythaninthenight’ssilenceandinactivity。Hewasgladwhenthestrokeofsixgavehimanexcusetoleavetheroom，andgladderyetwhenindoingso，heranuponanoldwomanfromaneighbouringroom，whonosoonersawhimthansheleeredathimandeagerlyremarked：”Notmuchsleep，eh?Wedidn’tthinkyou’dlikeit。Didyouseeanything?”
Nowthisgavehimtheonee
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