’ ‘But you managed to escape nevertheless,’ Gerald said calmly, ‘disguising yourself as a nun. Silly woman!. ‘I will not, if you will assure me that an imbecile is a better marriage prospect than a starving pig. “How dare you!” They were both astonished at the other’s strength. ‘One of your countrymen, perhaps?’ The girl clammed up, the moon of her white face staring up at him in the darkness. ‘Her name is Melusine Charvill,’ Gerald began. "That's a fine tale," said Spurlock. He waved a hand toward the sea. The natural gaiety of the place seemed to have affected them both. 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. ‘What else was there to do? He paid off the servants and left old Pottiswick in charge, saying that the place would have to remain empty until the heir was found. It would surely be only common politeness to drop her a hint—a fellow countrywoman too. "Not so;" answered Wild.
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