Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 192: what you’re looking at

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186 Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. step brought the figure again in sight, where- upon it once more moved on. I followed her in this fashion all round the table, until I stood with my back to the book-shelves, facing the door. Then she began to move slowly towards me. Knowing now that if I waited until she passed me I should see her no longer, I stepped back until I was stopped by the projection of the lower part of the bookcase. And still the shade advanced. That she wished to draw my attention to something on the shelf behind me was now manifest ; it was no easy matter to discover what. If I moved on one side to make way for her, the lamp came in sight and she van- ished. Something was behind me, I doubted not, of infinite importance, yet I could devise no means of obtaining it. For a long time was I baffled by this diffi- culty, to overcome which I racked my brains in vain. At length I hit upon an expedient which I believed would answer, and at once proceeded to put it into practice. I moved the lamp from its position on the table in the centre of the room, placed it on the ledge of the shelves at some distance from the comichbooks.com