Then this smoke began to grow thicker, and to roll out in volumes of ever increasing density till the whole room began to get obscure.

I had a terrible desire to rush over to Margaret, whom I saw through the smoke still standing erect behind the couch.

Then, as I looked, I saw Doctor Winchester sink down.

He was not unconscious; for he waved his hand back and forward, as though to forbid any one to come to him.

At this time the figures of Mr.Trelawny and Mr.Corbeck were becoming indistinct in the smoke which rolled round them in thick billowy clouds.