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 156 "It is not so, nor it was not so," said Mr, Fox. "And then I went upstairs, and came to a gallery, at the end of which was a door, on which was written:

"It is not so, nor it was not so," said Mr. Fox. "And then—and then I opened the door, and the room was filled with bodies and skeletons of poor dead women, all stained with their blood." "It is not so, nor it was not so. And God forbid it should be so," said Mr. Fox.

"I then dreamed that I rushed down the gallery, and just as I was going down the stairs, I saw you, Mr. Fox, coming up to the hall door, dragging after you a poor young lady, rich and beautiful." "It is not so, nor it was not so. And God forbid it should be so," said Mr. Fox. "I rushed downstairs, just in time to hide myself behind a cask, when you, Mr. Fox, came in dragging the young lady by the arm. And, as you passed me, Mr. Fox, I thought I saw you try and get off her diamond ring, and when you could not, Mr. Fox, it seemed to me in my dream, that you out with your sword and hacked off the poor lady's hand to get the ring." "It is not so, nor it was not so. And God forbid it should be so," said Mr. Fox, and was going to say something else as he rose from his seat, when Lady Mary cried out: