The Man by Bram Stoker Chapter 35 Page 26

for his comfort. If he is a poor man he will never want � It will be a privilege to save so gallant a man from hardship � ‘ Here she came to a stop.

Stephen too was glad of the pause, for the emotion which the words and their remembrances evoked was choking her. Had not Harold been as her own father’s son. As her own brother! � She turned away, fearing lest her face should betray her.

All at once Mrs. Stonehouse started to her feet, her face suddenly white with fear; for a cry had come to their ears. A cry which even Stephen knew as Pearl’s. The mother ran to the window.

The balcony was empty. She came back into the room, and’ ran to the door.

But on the instant a voice that both women knew was heard from without:

‘Help there! Help, I say! The child has fainted. Is there no one there? And I am blind!’