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The Haunted Hotel

CHAPTER XXV
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Bear all these statements in mind, Agnes; and how can you deny that the question of Montbarry's death and burial is a question set at rest?
We have really but one doubt left: we have still to ask ourselves whether the remains which I discovered are the remains of the lost courier, or not.

There is the case, as I understand it.

Have I stated it fairly ?' Agnes could not deny that he had stated it fairly.
"Then what prevents you from experiencing the same sense of relief that I feel ?' Henry asked.
'What I saw last night prevents me,' Agnes answered.

'When we spoke of this subject, after our inquiries were over, you reproached me with taking what you called the superstitious view.

I don't quite admit that--but I do acknowledge that I should find the superstitious view intelligible if I heard it expressed by some other person.


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