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I
have
said
that
the
man
was
intelligent
,
and
this
very
intelligence
has
caused
his
ruin
,
for
it
seems
to
have
led
to
an
insatiable
curiosity
about
things
which
did
not
in
the
least
concern
him
.
I
had
no
idea
of
the
lengths
to
which
this
would
carry
him
until
the
merest
accident
opened
my
eyes
to
it
.
"
'
I
have
said
that
the
house
is
a
rambling
one
.
One
day
last
week
--
on
Thursday
night
,
to
be
more
exact
--
I
found
that
I
could
not
sleep
,
having
foolishly
taken
a
cup
of
strong
cafe
"
noir
after
my
dinner
.
After
struggling
against
it
until
two
in
the
morning
,
I
felt
that
it
was
quite
hopeless
,
so
I
rose
and
lit
the
candle
with
the
intention
of
continuing
a
novel
which
I
was
reading
.
The
book
,
however
,
had
been
left
in
the
billiard-room
,
so
I
pulled
on
my
dressing-gown
and
started
off
to
get
it
.
"
'
In
order
to
reach
the
billiard-room
I
had
to
descend
a
flight
of
stairs
and
then
to
cross
the
head
of
a
passage
which
led
to
the
library
and
the
gun-room
.
You
can
imagine
my
surprise
when
,
as
I
looked
down
this
corridor
.
I
saw
a
glimmer
of
light
coming
from
the
open
door
of
the
library
.
I
had
myself
extinguished
the
lamp
and
closed
the
door
before
coming
to
bed
.
Naturally
my
first
thought
was
of
burglar
.
The
corridors
at
Hurlstone
have
their
walls
largely
decorated
with
trophies
of
old
weapons
.
From
one
of
these
I
picked
a
battle-axe
,
and
then
,
leaving
my
candle
behind
me
,
I
crept
on
tiptoe
down
the
passage
and
peeped
in
at
the
open
door
.
"
'
Brunton
,
the
butler
,
was
in
the
library
.
He
was
sitting
fully
dressed
,
in
an
easy-chair
,
with
a
slip
of
paper
which
looked
like
a
map
upon
his
knee
,
and
his
forehead
sunk
forward
upon
his
hand
in
deep
thought
.
I
stood
dumb
with
astonishment
,
watching
him
from
the
darkness
.
A
small
taper
on
the
edge
of
the
table
shed
a
feeble
light
which
sufficed
to
show
me
that
he
was
fully
dressed
.
Suddenly
,
as
I
looked
,
he
rose
from
his
chair
,
and
,
walking
over
to
a
bureau
at
the
side
,
he
unlocked
it
and
drew
out
one
of
the
drawers
.
From
this
he
took
a
paper
,
and
,
returning
to
his
seat
,
he
flattened
it
out
beside
the
taper
on
the
edge
of
the
table
and
began
to
study
it
with
minute
attention
.
My
indignation
at
this
calm
examination
of
our
family
documents
overcame
me
so
far
that
I
took
a
step
forward
,
and
Brunton
,
looking
up
,
saw
me
standing
in
the
doorway
.
He
sprang
to
his
feet
,
his
face
turned
livid
with
fear
,
and
he
thrust
into
his
breast
the
chart-like
paper
which
he
had
been
originally
studying
.
"
ι
"
So
!
"
said
I.
"
This
is
how
you
repay
the
trust
which
we
have
reposed
in
you
.
You
will
leave
my
service
to-morrow
.
"
"
'
He
bowed
with
the
look
of
a
man
who
is
utterly
crushed
and
slunk
past
me
without
a
word
.
The
taper
was
still
on
the
table
,
and
by
its
light
I
glanced
to
see
what
the
paper
was
which
Brunton
had
taken
from
the
bureau
.
To
my
surprise
it
was
nothing
of
any
importance
at
all
,
but
simply
a
copy
of
the
questions
and
answers
in
the
singular
old
observance
called
the
Musgrave
Ritual
.
It
is
a
sort
of
ceremony
peculiar
to
our
family
,
which
each
Musgrave
for
centuries
past
has
gone
through
on
his
coming
of
age
--
a
thing
of
private
interest
,
and
perhaps
of
some
little
importance
to
the
archaeologist
,
like
our
own
blazonings
and
charges
,
but
of
no
practical
use
whatever
.
'
"
'
We
had
better
come
back
to
the
paper
afterwards
,
"
said
I.
"
'
If
you
think
it
really
necessary
,
"
he
answered
with
some
hesitation
.
'
To
continue
my
statement
,
however
:
I
relocked
the
bureau
,
using
the
key
which
Brunton
had
left
,
and
I
had
turned
to
go
when
I
was
surprised
to
find
that
the
butler
had
returned
,
and
was
standing
before
me
.
