Explore "The Black Abbot" by Edgar Wallace on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
With an oath, Gilder whipped a pistol from his pocket, but in doing so the beam of his lamp fell for a second. When he brought it up again, pistol extended, the figure had vanished.
"Don't go, don't go! " she shrieked, gripping his arm. "Oh, Mr. Gilder! Oh, Fabrian -- don't leave me!"