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THERE was a terrible pause. For a moment a breathless silence seemed to prevail, both outside the house and inside. Then they heard the wind leap up and come howling back, rattling the windows. Faunce began to talk again with a dry throat:
"He was dying. If I had stayed, I should have died, too. I tell you I couldn't stand it! A mortal terror had seized me, and I simply couldn't stand up against it. I had to go!"