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Elster’s Folly

CHAPTER III
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I don't know what it was, but the dream was full of horror.

It seemed that Lord Hartledon was dead or dying; whether he'd been killed or not, I can't say; but an awful dread was upon me of seeing him dead.

A voice called out, 'Don't let him come to Calne!' and in the fright I awoke.

I can't remember what part Pike played in the dream," she continued, "only the impression remained that he was in it." "Perhaps he killed Lord Hartledon ?" cried Gum, mockingly.
"No; not in the dream.

Pike did not seem to be mixed up in it for ill.
The ill was all on Lord Hartledon; but it was not Pike brought it upon him.


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