I forgot to t   of. I  to go doo tcead I  slo t door. I climbed tairs. I ed to go to ed to stand,  t ted to lie upon ed to t her . . .

    I  as a g ly, not minding tears as tears enougime o tanding part-ures ill , s one glass eye and pointed teet of  my fingers to it, t time I came for Maud. I ed outside t of  so fiercely of it, it seemed

    to me at last t I could almost . I could  as a he house.

    I caugopped, tarted again. It  in my o came, from to sed after all. Or pero t a trembling o it, and pus open. tood, and blinked. t  bare of books. A little fire burned in te. I puss lamp .

    And in t, was Maud.

    Sting, ing. Surned . o a froce a line. ted turned and turned it, as if not sure o put next. Again s h.

    te again; and to dip , sching.

    S start. Sly still. S cry out. S say anyt first. S onis on ook a step; and as I did, s to , letting t roll across to te. So take  migo fall, or sep, s harder.

    o kill me?

    S, in a sort of a just from astonis, but also from fear. t errible. I turned away, and hid my own face

    in my  ill , from my falling tears. Noears came and made it ter. Oh, Maud! I said- Oh, Maud!

    I o , I er everyt trangeness of it. I pressed my fingers o my eyes. I  ago, of . I  to find , to come upon  oo much.

    I dont— I said. I cant— S come. Sood, still ill gripping teadily. there was a paper, I said. I found a paper, hidden in Mrs Sucksbys gown . . .

    I felt tter, stiff, in my o s ans—and sa s p