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towards this unexpected tormentor, and curse the
fate which changes what might have been thankfulness
towards a generous friend into unnatural
ingratitude.
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Trifling occurrences ceaselessly arouse my
suspicions regarding the doctor’s evil intentions.
To-day he has deposited in the garden verandah
an entirely new set of axes, saws, and hammers.
What does he want with them? In his sleeping-room
are two guns and a revolver, and in
a corridor a collection of axes which are much
too heavy for merely domestic purposes. What
a Satanic coincidence that I should have these
implements of execution and torture before my
eyes! For I cannot explain to myself what they
mean, and why they are there. My nights now
pass fairly quietly, while the doctor has taken
to roaming about at night. Once at midnight
I am startled by the sudden report of a gun.
Out of politeness I pretend not to have heard
it. The next morning he explains that a covey
of woodpeckers had flown into the garden and
disturbed his sleep. Another time, at two o’clock
at night, I hear the hoarse voice of the housekeeper,
and on another occasion I hear the doctor
sigh and groan and invoke “the Lord.” Is
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