43/53 Exactly on the spot where the electric stone had rested, a small circular mark, like a black bruise, tainted the fair soft skin--a mark no larger than a small finger-ring. "Must have been instantaneous. The lightning-flash, or downward electric current, lodged itself here, where this mark is, and passed directly through the heart. Perfectly painless, but of course fatal. She has been dead some time." And, replacing the stone ornament in its former position, he stepped back with a suggestive glance at Father Paul. |