With all her old grace and sweetness she swept over and lifted Silvio, just as she had done on former occasions, and held him in her arms, petting him and treating him as though he were a little child who had erred.
As I looked a strange fear came over me.

The Margaret that I knew seemed to be changing; and in my inmost heart I prayed that the disturbing cause might soon come to an end.

More than ever I longed at that moment that our terrible Experiment should come to a prosperous termination.
When all had been arranged in the room as Mr.Trelawny wished he turned to us, one after another, till he had concentrated the intelligence of us all upon him.

Then he said: "All is now ready in this place.

We must only await the proper time to begin." We were silent for a while.