-- 'The Woman

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d to be hiding behind something that showed vaguely; but there was nothing
thereexcept the bare floor of the cellar; nothingI meanof our world.
I could hear the breathing of the three other menwith a wonderful distinctness; and also the tick of my
watch upon the table seemed to sound as loud and as slow as the tick of an old grandfather's clock. Someway I
knew that none of the others saw what I was seeing.
Abruptlythe landlordwho was next to melet out his breath with a little hissing sound; I knew then that
something was visible to him. There came a creak from the tableand I had a feeling that the inspector was
leaning forwardlooking at something that I could not see. The landlord reached out his hand through the
darknessand fumbled a moment to catch my arm:--
'The Woman 'sownprofessional
meritsintoplay.Themanwasasdeafandcoldasarock[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Which an!' he whisperedclose to my ear. 'Over by the well.'
I stared hard in that direction; but saw nothingexcept that the violet color of the cellar seemed a little duller
just there.
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I looked back quickly to the vague place where the Child was hiding. I saw it was peering back from its
hiding place. Suddenly it rose and ran straight for the middle of the tablewhich