His Other Wife: A Novel — page 330: what you’re looking at

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322 FATHER LOUIS’ STORY. ‘‘Note the phrase—i/ death ensued. The tale goes on to state that the prescription was followed, and to all appearances the man died and was buried. The Hakim got his fee for the deed, and subsequently offered the friends of the deceased to bring him to life by a miracle, in consideration of a certain large sum of money if he should succeed. This offer was taken—the dead was raised. - Here the narrative is broken off, for the con- cluding pages of the volume are missing, and have been missing for ages, if one may judge by the appear- ance of the stubs of leaves left still in the old, disfigured binding.” Here Father Louis paused, and, lifting his large, calm, sad eyes from the volume, cast them slowly round upon the spectators, and, lastly, let them rest upon the stony face of the prisoner. He then added, solemnly : ‘The unavoidable inference is that the man who em- ployed the use of this drug, according to the instructions obtained from this volume, Anew that his victin would be buried alive.” A shudder seemed simultaneously to shake every man in the court-room. The prisoner alone showed no sign of disturbance at this hideous suggestion. After the silence that followed his last words, Father: Louis continued : ‘‘But the narrative herein related gives only a partial description of the strange and terrible properties and powers of this wonderful essence. Possibly had the reader cComicbooks.co 3