Then suddenly; all was still again!
Oh, pitiful heavens! how hard Faynie tried to break the awful bonds that
held her there, still, silent, motionless, unable to move or utter any
sound, staring in horror words cannot picture at the sight that met her
strained gaze.
It had only been an instant of time since the bright blaze of the gas
had illuminated the darkened corridor, yet it seemed to Faynie, standing
there, white and cold as an image carved in marble, that long years had
passed.
CHAPTER XXV.
"I INTEND TO WATCH YOU DIE, INCH BY INCH, DAY BY DAY!"
Before going on further with the thrilling event which we narrated in
our last chapter it will be necessary to devote a few explanatory lines
to the still more thrilling scene which led up to it, returning to the
real Lester Armstrong, whom we left in the isolated cabin in the custody
of Halloran.
Lester's intense anxiety when Kendale forcibly took the keys from him
and disappeared can better be imagined than described.
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