The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker--Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Bram Stoker
Author:Bram Stoker [STOKER, BRAM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Parts Edition 12 of 23 by Delphi Classics
Publisher: Delphi Classics (Parts Edition)
Published: 2017-08-12T00:00:00+00:00
BOOK VI: THE PURSUIT IN THE FOREST
RUPERTâS JOURNAL â Continued.
July 3, 1907.
There is no anodyne but work to pain of the heart; and my pain is all of the heart. I sometimes feel that it is rather hard that with so much to make me happy I cannot know happiness. How can I be happy when my wife, whom I fondly love, and who I know loves me, is suffering in horror and loneliness of a kind which is almost beyond human belief? However, what is my loss is my countryâs gain, for the Land of the Blue Mountains is my country now, despite the fact that I am still a loyal subject of good King Edward. Uncle Roger took care of that when he said I should have the consent of the Privy Council before I might be naturalized anywhere else.
When I got home yesterday morning I naturally could not sleep. The events of the night and the bitter disappointment that followed my exciting joy made such a thing impossible. When I drew the curtain over the window, the reflection of the sunrise was just beginning to tinge the high-sailing clouds in front of me. I laid down and tried to rest, but without avail. However, I schooled myself to lie still, and at last, if I did not sleep, was at least quiescent.
Disturbed by a gentle tap at the door, I sprang up at once and threw on a dressing gown. Outside, when I opened the door, was Aunt Janet. She was holding a lighted candle in her hand, for though it was getting light in the open, the passages were still dark. When she saw me she seemed to breathe more freely, and asked if she might come in.
Whilst she sat on the edge of my bed, in her old-time way, she said in a hushed voice:
âOh, laddie, laddie, I trust yer burden is no too heavy to bear.â
âMy burden! What on earth do you mean, Aunt Janet?â I said in reply. I did not wish to commit myself by a definite answer, for it was evident that she had been dreaming or Second Sighting again. She replied with the grim seriousness usual to her when she touched on occult matters:
âI saw your hairt bleeding, laddie. I kent it was yours, though how I kent it I donât know. It lay on a stone floor in the dark, save for a dim blue light such as corpse-lights are. On it was placed a great book, and close around were scattered many strange things, amongst them two crowns oâ flowers â the one bound wiâ silver, the other wiâ gold. There was also a golden cup, like a chalice, oâerturned. The red wine trickled from it anâ mingled wiâ yer hairtâs bluid; for on the great book was some vast dim weight wrapped up in black, and on it stepped in turn many men all swathed in black. Anâ as the weight of each came on it the bluid gushed out afresh.
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