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NIGHTMARE ABBEY.
205
"A pint of port and a pistol."[1]
"A pistol!"
"And a pint of port. I will make my exit like Werter. Go. Stay. Did Miss O'Carroll say any thing?"
"No."
"Did Miss Toobad say any thing?"
"The strange lady? No."
"Did either of them cry?"
"No."
"What did they do?"
"Nothing."
"What did Mr. Toobad say?"
"He said, fifty times over, the devil was come among us."
"And they are gone?"
"Yes; and the dinner is getting cold. There is a time for every thing under the
- ↑ See the Sorrows of Werter: Letter 93.
