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judgment�拭─�

     ;Do not fret about that now。; 

     ;You might say�察�'I told you so��' but you will not do that。 Nevertheless�察�

you were right to seek to stop this unfortunate man last night�察�and he was 

terribly mistaken。       No being from another world had anything to do with 

his death。     If we granted that�察�there is an end of religious faith。; 



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     ;We can be sure of it�察�father。          Evil spirits would have had no power 

over Mr。 May�察�if there is a just God in heaven。; 

     ;Then   it   is   something   else。    If   not   a   spirit�察  �then   a   living   man   ´   a 

human   devil   ´  and   the police   will   discover  him。      In   this house�察  �one   we 

have known and trusted�察�for all are known and trusted。                  They will blame 

me�察�with good reason�察�for sacrificing another life。             The irony of fate that I�察�

of   all   men�察  �one   so   much   alive   to   the   meaning   of   mercy   ´   that   I�察  �out   of 

superstitious folly ´      But how will it look in the eyes of justice�拭            �Black ´ 

black�     �I   am    well   prepared     to  suffer   what    I  have    deserved�察   �Mary。 

Nothing that man can do to me equals the shame and dismay I feel when I 

consider what I have done to myself� ─�

     ;You   must   not   talk   so�察  �it   is unworthy  of   you。  You   know  it�察  �father�察�

while you speak。         Nobody has a right to question you or your opinions。 

Many would have been convinced by Mr。 May last night。 They may still 

think that he was right�察�and that�察�far from receiving evil treatment�察�he was 

blessed by  being taken   away  into the next   world   without pain or   shock。 

We must feel for him as we try to feel for dear Tom。                 And I do not mean 

that I am sorry for him�察�I am only sorry for us�察�because of the difficulty of 

explaining。      Yet to tell the truth will not be difficult。         They must do the 

best they can。      It doesn't matter as much as you think。 Indeed�察�how should 

they blame you at all until they themselves find out the truth�拭─�

     ;They will ´ they must�          �They will discover the reason。            They will 

hunt down the murderer�察�and they will inevitably attach utmost blame to 

me for listening to a man possessed。            May was possessed�察�I tell you� ─�

     ;He was exceedingly convincing。               When I listened to him he shook 

me�察�too。; 

     ;I should have supported you�察�instead of going over to him。; 

     ;He knows the truth now。           He is with Tom now。          We must remember 

that。    We   know   they   are   happy�察  �and   that   makes   the   opinion   of   living 

people matter very little。; 

     Then�察  �out   of   his   weakness�察  �he   smote   her�察  �and   thrust   upon   her   some 

hours   of   agony�察  �very   horrible   in   their   nature�察  �which   there   was   no   good 

reason that Mary should have suffered。 

     ;Who is alive and who is dead�拭─�he asked。              ;We don't even know that。 



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The   police   demanded   to   make   their   own   inquiries�察  �and   Peter   Hardcastle 

may at this moment be a living and breathing man�察�if they are right。; 

     She stared at him and feared for his reason。 

     ;What do you mean�拭─�

     ;I mean that they were not prepared to grant that he was dead。 Henry 

and   Mannering   took   him   up   on   that   assumption。       He   may   have   been 

restored to animation and his vital forces recovered。               Why not�拭      �There 

was   nothing   visible   to   indicate   dissolution。   We   have   heard   of   trances�察�

catalepsies�察   �which    simulate    death   so  closely    that  even   physicians    are 

deceived。      Have not men been buried alive�拭�Tom's father at this moment 

might be restored to life�察�if we only knew how to act。; 

     ;Then ´ ; she said�察�with horrified eyes�察�and stopped。 

     He saw what he had done。 

     ;God   forgive     me�   �No�察   �no�察  �not  that�察 �Mary�    �It's  all  madness     and 

moonshine�       �This is delirium�察�it will kill me�       �Don't think I believe them�察�

any more than Mannering did�察�or Henry did。              Henry has seen much death�察�

he could not have been deceived。           Tom was dead�察�and your heart told you 

he   was   dead。    One   cannot   truly   make   any   mistake   in   the   presence   of 

death�察�I know that。; 

     Mary     was   marvellously      restrained�察  �despite    the  fact  that   she  had 

received this appalling blow and vividly suffered all that it implied。 

     ;I will try to put it out of my mind�察�father�察─�she said quietly。 ;But if Mr。 

Hardcastle is alive�察�I shall go mad� ─�

     ;He is not。     Mannering was positive。; 

     ;Nevertheless�察�he may be。         And if he is�察�then Mr。 May probably is。; 

     ;Grotesque�察�horrible�察�worse than death even�              �Keep your mind away 

from it�察�my darling�察�for the love of God� ─�

     ;Who knows what we can suffer till we are called to find out�拭                 �No�察�I 

shall not go mad。       But I must know to´day。          I cannot eat or sleep until I 

know。     I shall not live long if they don't tell me quickly。; 

     Her father trembled and grew very white。 

     ;This is the worst of all�察─�he said。       ;These things will leave a burning 

brand。     I am ruined by them�察�and my life thrown down。               I�察�that thought I 

was strong�察�prove so weak that I can forget my own daughter�察�and out of 



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cowardly   misery   speak   of   a   thing   she   should   never   have   known。        You 

have   your   revenge�察  �Mary�察  �for   I   shall   go   a   broken   man   from   this   hour。 

Nothing   can   ever   be   the   same   again。   My   self´respect   is   gone。    I   could 

have endured everything else ´ the things that I dreaded。                All I could have 

suffered and survived�察�but to have forgotten and stabbed you ´ ; 

     ;Don't�察�don't ´ come ´ we have got each other�察�father ´ we have still got 

each other。      The dead understand everything。               Who else   matters�拭       �Go 

to   your   room�察  �and   let   your   dear   mind   rest。   I   am   not   suffering。    We 

cannot alter the past�察�and who would wish it�察�if they believe in eternal life�拭�

I would not call Tom back if I had the power to do so。                Be sure of that。; 

     She spoke comfortable words to him�察�and supported him to his room。 

She knew the police would soon arrive�察�and though they could not report 

concerning   the   life�察  �or   death�察  �of   Peter   Hardcastle�察  �she   doubted   not   that 

definite   information       relating   to  him   must    come    to  Chadlands      quickly。 

Upon that another life might hang。              Yet�察�when the medical man arrived 

from Newton�察�he could only say that Septimus May was dead。                        He was a 

friend   of   Mannering�察  �and   knew   the   London   opinion�察  �that   this   form   of 

apparent death might in reality conceal latent possibilities of resuscitation�察�

but   he   spoke   with   absolute   certainty。    He   was   old�察  �and   had   nearly   fifty 

years of professional experience behind him。 

     ;The man is dead�察�or I never saw death�察─�he declared。                  ;By a hundred 

independent       evidences     we   can    be  positive。    Post´mortem        stains   have 

already appeared�察 �and   were they  ever  known  on a  living   body�拭                �Of  the 

others who died in this room I know nothing personally�察�but here is death�察�

and in twenty´four hours the fact will be plain to the perception of an idiot。 

What   has   happened   is   this�此  �the   London   police   have   heard   of   a   famous�察�

recent German case mentioned in 'Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschraft' 

´ an astonishing thing。         A woman�察�who had taken morphine and barbital�察�

was   found   apparently  dead   after   a night's   exposure in some   lonely  spot。 

There were no reflexes�察�no pulse�察�no respiration or heart´beat。 Yet she was 

alive    ´  existing   without    oxygen     ´  an  impossibility     as   we   had   always 

supposed。       Seeing   no   actual   evidence   of   death�察  �the   physicians   injected 

camphor and caffein and took other restorative steps�察�with the result that in 

an    hour   the   woman     breathed     again�   �Twenty´four      hours    later  she   was 



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conscious and able to speak。            It is assumed that the poison and the cold 

night   air   together   had   paralyzed   her   vasomotor   nerves   and   reduced   her 

body   to   a   state   akin   to   hibernation�察  �wherein   physical   needs   are   at   their 

minimum。         That    case   has   doubtless     awakened      these    suspicions�察   �and 

having regard to them�察�we will keep the poor gentleman in a warm room 

and proceed with the classical means for restoring respiration。; 

     The doctor was thus engaged when four men reached Chadlands after 

their   nightly   journey。     They   were   detective   officers   of   wide   reputation�察�

and    their   chief   ´  a  grey´haired     man    with   a  round�察   �amiable    face   and 

impersonal manner ´ listened to the events that had followed upon Peter 

Hardcastle's arrival and departure。 

     Sir Walter himself narrated the incidents�察�and perceiving his excitation�察�

Inspector Frith assumed the gentlest and most forbearing attitude that he 

knew。 

     The police had come in a fi
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