A kind of rtiggsd ofostinancy seized mi I would not go till the clock struck. Bat the inaction and stillness was dreadful. 1 looked towards the front door, up tbe dsri staircase, and along the passage, and then my heart for one moment stood still, for here, looking at mc out of the door of tin back room, was the man with the evil face.
Never a word w>as spoken, but we closed and fought—fought like wild animals fight Suddenly, I thought I heard somebody breaking in at the front door, and, sum morning all my —maining strength, I at tempted to throw my adversary ; but he wai too quick, foi-, tripping mc up, I fell heavily again* it tho edge of the staircase, and cm remember no more.
