Image: The lady of the barge (1902) (14769861755)

Description: Identifier: ladyofbarge00jaco (find matches) Title: The lady of the barge Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 Subjects: Publisher: London and New York : Harper Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: an fell to the floor, and he re-garded it fearfully. Then he sank tremblinginto a chair as the old woman, with burningeyes, walked to the window and raised theblind. He sat until he was chilled with the cold,glancing occasionally at the figure of the oldwoman peering through the window. Thecandle-end, which had burned below the rim ofthe china candlestick, was throwing pulsatingshadows on the ceiling and walls, until, with aflicker larger than the rest, it expired. Theold man, with an unspeakable sense of reliefat the failure of the talisman, crept back to hisbed, and a minute or two afterward the oldwoman came silently and apathetically besidehim. Neither spoke, but lay silently listening tothe ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, anda squeaky mouse scurried noisily through thewall. The darkness was oppressive, and afterlying for some time screwing up his courage,he took the box of matches, and striking one,went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs the match went out, Text Appearing After Image: whats that? cried the old woman. The Monkeys Paw 5 1 and he paused to strike another; and at thesame moment a knock, so quiet and stealthy asto be scarcely audible, sounded on the frontdoor. The matches fell from his hand and spilled inthe passage. He stood motionless, his breathsuspended until the knock was repeated. Thenhe turned and fled swiftly back to his room, andclosed the door behind him. A third knocksounded through the house. Whats that? cried the old woman, start-ing up. A rat, said the old man in shaking tones—a rat. It passed me on the stairs. His wife sat up in bed listening. A loudknock resounded through the house. Its Herbert! she screamed. Its Her-bert ! She ran to the door, but her husband was be-fore her, and catching her by the arm, held hertightly. What are you going to do? he whisperedhoarsely. Its my boy; its Herbert! she cried, strug-gling mechanically. I forgot it was two miles 5 2 The Lady of the Barge away. What are you holding me for? Letgo. I must open t Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The lady of the barge (1902) (14769861755)
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