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between the two extremes。 In spite of sorrow and suffering�察�Mrs。 Crayford 

is the beautiful Mrs。 Crayford still。 

     The delicious silence of the hour is softly disturbed by the voice of the 

younger lady in the garden。 

     ;Go to the piano�察�Lucy。 It is a night for music。 Play something that is 

worthy of the night。; 

     Mrs。 Crayford looks round at the clock on the mantelpiece。 

     ;My dear Clara�察�it is past twelve� �Remember what the doctor told you。 

You ought to have been in bed an hour ago。; 

     ;Half    an   hour�察  �Lucygive      me   half   an   hour   more�    �Look     at  the 

moonlight on the sea。 Is it possible to go to bed on such a night as this�拭�

Play something�察�Lucysomething spiritual and divine。; 

     Earnestly pleading with her friend�察�Clara advances toward the window。 

She too has   suffered under the   wasting influences of suspense。 Her   face 

has lost its youthful freshness�察�no delicate flush of color rises on it when 

she   speaks。   The   soft   gray   eyes   which   won   Frank's   heart   in   the   by´gone 

time   are   sadly  altered   now。   In   repose�察  �they  have   a   dimmed   and   wearied 



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look。   In   action�察  �they   are   wild   and   restless�察  �like   eyes   suddenly   wakened 

from     startling   dreams。    Robed     in  whiteher     soft   brown    hair   hanging 

loosely over her shouldersthere is something weird and ghost´like in the 

girl�察�as she moves nearer and nearer to the window in the full light of the 

moonpleading   for   music   that   shall   be   worthy   of   the   mystery   and   the 

beauty of the night。 

     ;Will you come in here if I play to you�拭─�Mrs。 Crayford asks。 ;It is a 

risk�察�my love�察�to be out so long in the night air。; 

     ;No� �no� �I like it。 Playwhile I am out here looking at the sea。 It quiets 

me�察�it comforts me�察�it does me good。; 

     She   glides   back�察  �ghost´like�察  �over   the   lawn。   Mrs。   Crayford   rises�察  �and 

puts    down     the  volume     that   she   has  been    reading。    It  is  a  record   of 

explorations in the Arctic seas。 The time has gone by when the two lonely 

women   could   take   an   interest   in   subjects   not   connected   with   their   own 

anxieties。 Now�察�when hope is fast failing themnow�察�when their last news 

of the _Wanderer_ and the _Sea´mew_ is news that is more than two years 

oldthey can read of nothing�察�they can think of nothing�察�but dangers and 

discoveries�察�losses and rescues in the terrible Polar seas。 

     Unwillingly�察�Mrs。 Crayford puts her book aside�察�and opens the piano 

Mozart's ;Air in A�察�with Variations�察─�lies open on the instrument。 One after 

another she plays the lovely  melodies�察  �so simply�察�so purely beautiful�察  �of 

that unpretending and unrivaled work。 At the close of the ninth Variation 

��Clara's favorite���察�she pauses�察�and turns toward the garden。 

     ;Shall I stop there�拭─�she asks。 

     There   is   no   answer。   Has   Clara   wandered   away  out of   hearing   of   the 

music that she lovesthe music that harmonizes so subtly with the tender 

beauty of the night�拭�Mrs。 Crayford rises and advances to the window。 

     No� �there is the white figure standing alone on the slope of the lawn 

the head turned away from the house�察�the face looking out over the calm 

sea�察�whose gently rippling waters end in the dim line on the horizon which 

is the line of the Hampshire coast。 

     Mrs。 Crayford advances as far as the path before the window�察�and calls 

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     ;Clara� ─�

     Again there is no answer。 The white figure still stands immovably in 

its place。 

     With   signs   of   distress   in   her   face�察  �but   with   no   appearance   of   alarm�察�

Mrs。 Crayford returns to the room。 Her own sad experience tells her what 

has happened。 She summons the servants and directs them to wait in the 

drawing´room until she calls to them。 This done�察�she returns to the garden�察�

and approaches the mysterious figure on the lawn。 

     Dead to the outer world�察�as if she lay already in her graveinsensible 

to   touch�察  �insensible   to   sound�察  �motionless   as   stone�察  �cold   as   stoneClara 

stands on the moonlit lawn�察�facing the seaward view。 Mrs。 Crayford waits 

at her side�察�patiently watching for the change which she knows is to come。 

;Catalepsy�察─�as some call it;hysteria�察─�as others saythis alone is certain�察�

the same interval always passes�察�the same change always appears。 

     It comes now。 Not a change in her eyes�察�they still remain wide open�察�

fixed and glassy。 The first movement is a movement of her hands。 They 

rise slowly from her side and waver in the air like the hands of a person 

groping   in   the   dark。 Another   interval�察  �and   the   movement   spreads   to   her 

lips�此�they part and tremble。 A few minutes more�察�and words begin to drop�察�

one by one�察�from those parted lipswords spoken in a lost�察�vacant tone�察�as 

if she is talking in her sleep。 

     Mrs。   Crayford   looks   back   at   the   house。   Sad   experience   makes   her 

suspicious of the servants' curiosity。 Sad experience has long since warned 

her that the servants are not to be trusted within hearing of the wild words 

which Clara speaks in the trance。 Has any one of them ventured into the 

garden�拭�No。 They are out of hearing at the window�察�waiting for the signal 

which tells them that their help is needed。 

     Turning   toward   Clara   once   more�察  �Mrs。   Crayford   hears   the   vacantly 

uttered words�察�falling faster and faster from her lips 

     ;Frank� �Frank� �Frank� �Don't drop behinddon't trust Richard Wardour。 

While you can stand�察�keep with the other men�察�Frank� ─�

     ��The farewell warning of Crayford in the solitudes of the Frozen Deep�察�

repeated by Clara in the garden of her English home�。� 



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     A   moment   of   silence   follows�察  �and�察  �in   that   moment�察  �the   vision   has 

changed。 She   sees him  on   the iceberg   now�察 �at   the   mercy  of   the bitterest 

enemy      he   has   on  earth。   She   sees   him    driftingover    the   black   water�察�

through the ashy light。 

     ;Wake�察�Frank� �wake and defend yourself� �Richard Wardour knows that 

I love youRichard Wardour's vengeance will take your life� �Wake�察�Frank´ 

´wake� �You are drifting to your death� ─�A low groan of horror bursts from 

her�察  �sinister   and   terrible   to  hear。  ;Drifting�    �drifting� ─   �she   whispers    to 

herself;drifting to his death� ─�

     Her    glassy   eyes    suddenly   softenthen      close。   A   long   shudder    runs 

through her。 A faint flush shows itself on the deadly pallor of her face�察�and 

fades again。 Her limbs fail her。 She sinks into Mrs。 Crayford's arms。 

     The   servants�察  �answering   the   call   for   help�察  �carry   her   into   the   house。 

They lay her insensible on her bed。 After half an hour or more�察�her eyes 

open     againthis    time    with   the   light  of   life  in  themopen�察     �and   rest 

languidly on the friend sitting by the bedside。 

     ;I have had a dreadful dream�察─�she murmurs faintly。 ;Am I ill�察�Lucy�拭�I 

feel so weak。; 

     Even   as   she   says   the   words�察  �sleep�察  �gentle�察  �natural   sleep�察  �takes   her 

suddenly�察�as it takes young children weary with their play。 Though it is all 

over   now�察  �though   no   further   watching   is   required�察  �Mrs。   Crayford   still 

keeps her place by the bedside�察�too anxious and too wakeful to retire to her 

own room。 

     On other occasions�察�she is accustomed to dismiss from her   mind the 

words which drop from Clara in the trance。 This time the effort to dismiss 

them   is   beyond   her   power。   The   words   haunt   her。   Vainly   she   recalls   to 

memory all that the doctors have said to her�察�in speaking of Clara in the 

state of trance。 ;What she vaguely dreads for the lost man whom she loves 

is   mingled   in   her   mind   with   what   she   is   constantly   reading�察  �of   trials�察�

dangers�察�and escapes in the Arctic seas。 The most startling things that she 

may say or do are all attributable to this cause�察�and may all be explained in 

this   way。;   So   the  doctors   have   spoken�察  �and�察 �thus   far�察 �Mrs。  Crayford   has 

shared their view。 It is only to´night that the girl's words ring in her ear�察�



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with a  strange  prophetic  sound   in   them。  It   is   only  to´night   that she  asks 

herself�此 �Is Clara present�察�in the spirit�察�with our loved and lost ones in the 

lonely North�拭�Can 
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