Is all that folly done with—for ever?” Annabel shivered ever so slightly. Her heartbeat raced, her limbs turned to water, and it was only by a miracle and the strength of the arms that held her that she remained standing on her feet. He displayed a quite unprofessional vein of mysticism in the matter. Carried out to sea by Van Galgebrok, and thrown overboard, while struggling with the waves, he had been picked up by a French fishing-boat, and carried to Ostend. In a fit of despondency, superinduced by drunkenness, he made away with himself; and when the body was discovered, after a lapse of some months, such was the impression produced by the spectacle —such the alarm occasioned by the crazy state of the building, and, above all, by the terror inspired by strange and unearthly noises heard during the night, which were, of course, attributed to the spirit of the suicide, that the place speedily enjoyed the reputation of being haunted, and was, consequently, entirely abandoned. “Your name and address in his pocket was no delusion,” he said sharply. His efforts at self-destruction were, however, prevented. “Of course I mean, who was she?” “I believe that her name was Pellissier,” Ennison answered. She thought of her costume in some detail and with considerable satisfaction, and particularly of a very jolly property dagger with large glass jewels in the handle, that reposed in a drawer in her room. It seems to me very silly. Mrs. Jack then proceeded to liberate the captive from his bondage. Presently the odour of burnt powder mingled agreeably with that of the incense. He had particular reasons for wanting to keep Spurlock away from the jetty.
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