The Ghost: A Modern FantasyPlain Label Books, 1911 - 312 pages |
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Page 255 - They were the eyes of two opposite men, and as I gazed into them they reconciled for me the conflicting accounts of Lord Clarenceux which I had heard from different people. But as far as I was concerned that night the eyes held nothing but cruelty and disaster ; though I could detect in them the other qualities, those qualities were not for me. We faced each other, the apparition and I, and the struggle, silent and bitter as the grave, began. Neither of us moved. My arms were folded easily, but my...
Page 146 - Algeria, at least, all was for the best in the best of all possible worlds. And it is only fair to say that some of the French Governors of Algeria in the past two decades have desperately tried to break the stranglehold of the 'notables' on the country, and have themselves been broken.
Page 176 - And when I sat down it was gone, and the precious Mr. Watts had also vanished." "Oh!" exclaimed Rosa. That was all she said. It is impossible to deny that she was startled, that she was aghast. I, however, maintained a splendid equanimity. We were sitting in the salon of her flat at the Place de la Concorde end of the Rue de Rivoli. We had finished lunch, and she had offered me a cigarette. I had had a bath, and changed my attire, and eaten a meal cooked by a Frenchman, and I felt renewed. I had...
Page 216 - Comique at three o'clock, but she did not invite me to accompany her. I spent the afternoon at the Sorbonne, where I had some acquaintances, and after calling at my hotel, the little Hotel de Portugal in the Rue Croix des Petits Champs, to dress, I drove in a fiacre to the Rue de Rivoli. I had carefully considered how best in conversation I might lead Rosa to the subject of Lord Clarenceux, and had arranged a little plan. Decidedly I did not anticipate the interview with unmixed pleasure; but, as...
Page 242 - Rosa — the figure of Lord Clarenceux, whom Rosa had seen dead. At last, oh, powers of hell, I knew you ! The inmost mystery stood clear. In one blinding flash of comprehension I felt the fullness of my calamity. This man that I had seen was not a man, but a malign and jealous spirit — using his spectral influences to crush the mortals bold enough to love the woman whom he had loved on earth.
Page 254 - I stood motionless there, solitary under the glow of the electric light with this fearful visitor, I began to wish that it would move. I wanted to face it — to meet its gaze with my gaze, eye to eye, and will against will. The battle between us must start at once, I thought, if I was to have any chance of victory, for moment by moment I could feel my resolution, my manliness, my mere physical courage, slipping away. But the apparition did not stir. Impassive, remorseless, sinister, it was content...
Page 257 - ... my head and roll on the floor, and I should be compelled to go down on my hands and knees and grope in search for them. No, no, I must return to the sitting-room. And I returned. The gaze met me in the doorway. And now there was something novel in it — an added terror, a more intolerable menace, a silent imprecation so frightful that no human being could suffer it. I sank to the ground, and as I did so I shrieked, but it was an unheard shriek, sounding only within the brain. And in reply to...
Page 210 - I hope the gendarmes will be here soon," she murmured amiably; "I am rather tired of waiting." She affected to stifle a yawn. "Yvette," I said, "you know as well as I do that you have committed a serious crime. Tell me all about Deschamps' jealousy of your mistress; make a full confession, and I will see what can be done for you.
Page 274 - you are my life, aren't you?" And, after a pause: "But perhaps singing is part of my life, too. Yes, I shall sing.
Page 99 - Better to leave the past alone," said he. "Granting that I had formed an idea, I could not put it into proper words. I have tried to do so. In the expectation of death I wrote down certain matters. But these I shall now destroy. I am wiser, less morbid. I can perceive that there are fields of thought of which it is advisable to keep closed the gates. Do as I do, Carl-forget. Take the credit for my recovery, and be content with that.