and her movements uncertain, she is still a stereotyped incident in
the Christmas entertainments.

There was no question but that these letters and remembrances gave
great pleasure to Emily; but I believe she was not in the least
conscious that though greater in degree, it was not of the same
quality as that she felt when a runaway scholar who had gone to sea
presented her in token of gratitude with a couple of dried sea-
horses.



CHAPTER XL--THE MIDNIGHT CHASE



'What human creature in the dead of night
Had coursed, like hunted hare, that cruel distance,
Had sought the door, the window in her flight
Striving for dear existence?'

HOOD.

On the night of the 26th of December, Clarence and Martyn, well
wrapped in greatcoats, stole into the outer mullion room; but though
the usual sounds were heard, and the mysterious light again
appeared, Martyn perceived nothing else, and even Clarence declared
that if there were anything besides, it was far less distinct to him
than it had been previously. Could it be that his spiritual
perceptions were growing dimmer as he became older, and outgrew the