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94 "Yes, it is time; but in case he found her, he said he would go directly home and come this evening. Perhaps he has not restrained himself, has looked at her, and now—well, who knows what effect that might not have upon him. But he promised me that only the sexton should look."

There was an expression in his countenance, as he spoke these words, as if he were becoming wearied of Irène's hallucinations. He walked into the room facing the front of the garden and beckoned his wife to follow. When they were within he closed the door and said: "Do you know what I think? Does not all this seem strange to you?"

"It is strange, indeed," answered the wife.

"I believe that Irène has lost her reason. "

"No!"

"Yes, I believe it. Now what are we to do with her?"

"But she says that she will be satisfied if Madeline is still in her grave." There was a short pause, during which the wife walked to the window."What—who is