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I ASTONISH MR. GRYCE AND HE ASTONISHES ME

But as we approached the group of curious people which now filled up the whole highway in front of Mother Jane's cottage, I broke from the nightmare into which this last discovery had thrown me, and, turning to William, said with a resolute air:
"You and your sisters are not of one mind regarding these disappearances. You ascribe them to Deacon Spear, but they -- whom do they ascribe them to?"