Then send for me; and I'll not come." He departed.

But at the door-handle gathered fury, wheeled and came flying, with pale, terror-stricken boy and wicker tail whisking after him.

"Next will come--CRAMPS of the STOMACH.

Aha! "Then--BILIOUS VOMIT.

Aha! "Then--COLD SWEAT, and DEADLY STUPOR.
"Then--CONFUSION OF ALL THE SENSES.
"Then--BLOODY VOMIT.
"And after that nothing can save you, not even I; and if I could I would not, and so farewell!" Even Denys changed colour at threats so fervent and precise; but Gerard only gnashed his teeth with rage at the noise, and seized his hard bolster with kindling eye.
This added fuel to the fire, and brought the insulted ancient back from the impassable door, with his whisking train.
"And after that--MADNESS! "And after that--BLACK VOMIT "And then--CONVULSIONS! "And then--THAT CESSATION OF ALL VITAL FUNCTIONS THE VULGAR CALL 'DEATH,' for which thank your own Satanic folly and insolence.
Farewell." He went.