The Wyvern Mystery II

THE WYVERN MYSTERY • II

And she answered his farewell, and smiled faintly, and followed his steps through the passage, freezing with that fear, it seemed, that she did not breathe, and that her heart ceased beating, and that she glided like a spirit. She stopped, and he passed into the yard to his horse, turning his shrewd, pale face, with a smile and a nod, as he stepped across the door-stone, and he said –

“Good-bye, ma’am, and look out for me to-morrow as usual, and be cheery, mind. Look at the bright side, you know; there’s no reason you shouldn’t.”

She answered his smile as best she could, but her heart was full; an immense sorrow was there. She was frightened. She hurried into the homely sitting-room, and wept in an agony unspeakable.

The doctor, she saw, pitied and wished to cheer her; but how dreadful was his guarded language. She thought that he would speak to others in a different vein, and so, in fact, he did. His opinion was clear against Charles Fairfield’s chance of ever being on his feet again. “It was a great pity – a young fellow.” The doctor thought everyone young whose years were ten less than his own. “A tall, handsome fellow like that, and Squire of Wyvern in a year or two, and a good-natured sort of fellow he heard. It was a pity, and that poor little wife of his – and likely to be a mother soon – God help her.”

THE END OF VOL II.

Transcriber’s Note

The following printer’s errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original.

‘villany’ to ‘villainy’ ‘that he meant no villainy’ ‘gingle’ to ‘jingle’ ‘jingle of the whole bunch’

‘langour’ to ‘languor’ ‘and unpleasant languor’ ‘gurate’s’ to ‘curate’s’ ‘is a starved curate’s’

duplicate ‘would’ removed. ‘that the lady would let her off’ ‘he’ to ‘she’ ‘So she sat up again’

‘villanous’ to ‘villainous’ ‘for his villainous plea-sures’

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The Wyvern Mystery II

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