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You are very cold.
I fear you are not well after your travel.
Ha! lights.----Oh horrible!
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Let her have lights enough.
Duch.
What witchcraft1 doth he practise, that he hath left
A dead hand here?
---Duchess of Malfy.
The sexton's waning2 candle now warned him of the progress of time, and having completed his arrangements, he addressed himself to Luke, intimating his intention of departing. But receiving no answer, and remarking no signs of life about his grandson, he began to be apprehensive5 that he had fallen into a swoon. Drawing near to Luke, he took him gently by the arm. Thus disturbed, Luke groaned6 aloud.
"I am glad to find you can breathe, if it be only after that melancholy8 fashion," said the sexton; "but come, I have wasted time enough already. You must indulge your grief elsewhere."
"Leave me," sighed Luke.
"What, here? It were as much as my office is worth. You can return some other night. But go you must, now--at least, if you take on thus. I never calculated upon a scene like this, or it had been long ere I brought you hither. So come away; yet, stay;--but first lend me a hand to replace the body in the coffin9."
"Touch it not," exclaimed Luke; "she shall not rest another hour within these accursed walls. I will bear her hence myself." And, sobbing10 hysterically11, he relapsed into his former insensibility.
"Poh! this is worse than midsummer madness," said Peter; "the lad is crazed with grief, and all about a mother who has been four-and-twenty years in her grave. I will e'en put her out of the way myself."
Saying which, he proceeded, as noiselessly as possible, to raise the corpse12 in his arms, and deposited it softly within its former tenement13. Carefully as he executed his task, he could not accomplish it without occasioning a slight accident to the fragile frame. Insensible as he was, Luke had not relinquished14 the hold he maintained of his mother's hand. And when Peter lifted the body, the ligaments connecting the hand with the arm were suddenly snapped asunder15. It would appear afterwards, that this joint16 had been tampered17 with, and partially18 dislocated. Without, however, entering into further particulars in this place, it may be sufficient to observe that the hand, detached from the socket19 at the wrist, remained within the gripe of Luke; while, ignorant of the mischief20 he had occasioned, the sexton continued his labors21 unconsciously, until the noise which he of necessity made in stamping with his heel upon the plank22, recalled his grandson to sensibility. The first thing that the latter perceived, upon collecting his faculties23, were the skeleton fingers twined within his own.
"What have you done with the body? Why have you left this with me?" demanded he.
"It was not my intention to have done so," answered the sexton, suspending his occupation. "I have just made fast the lid, but it is easily undone24. You had better restore it."
"Never," returned Luke, staring at the bony fragment.
"Pshaw! of what advantage is a dead hand? 'Tis an unlucky keepsake, and will lead to mischief. The only use I ever heard of such a thing being turned to, was in the case of Bow-legged Ben, who was hanged in irons for murder, on Hardchase Heath, on the York Road, and whose hand was cut off at the wrist the first night to make a Hand of Glory, or Dead Man's Candle. Hast never heard what the old song says?" And without awaiting his grandson's response, Peter broke into the following wild strain:
THE HAND OF GLORY[1]
From the corse that hangs on the roadside tree
--A murderer's corse it needs must be--,
Sever the hand that the deed hath done,
Ere the flesh that clings to the bones be gone;
Those ghastly fingers white and cold,
Within a winding-sheet enfold;
Count the mystic count of seven:
Name the Governors of Heaven.[2]
And with dragon-wort encase them,
As a moon-ensilvered cloud,
Next within their chill embrace
The dead man's Awful Candle place;
Of murderer's fat must that candle be
Of wax, and of Lapland sisame.
Its wick must be twisted of hair of the dead,
By the crow and her brood on the wild waste shed.
Wherever that terrible light shall burn
His leaden lids shall he ne'er unclose
Life and treasures shall he command
Who knoweth the charm of the Glorious Hand!
And of screech-owl's venomous blood beware!
[Notes:
1: See the celebrated35 recipe for the Hand of Glory in "Les Secrets du Petit Albert."
2: The seven planets, so called by Mercurius Trismegistus. ]
"Peace!" thundered Luke, extending his mother's hand towards the sexton. "What seest thou?"
"I see something shine. Hold it nigher the light. Ha! that is strange, truly. How came that ring there?"
"Ask of Sir Piers36! ask of her husband!" shouted Luke, with a wild burst of exulting37 laughter. "Ha! ha! ha! 'tis a wedding-ring! And look! the finger is bent38. It must have been placed upon it in her lifetime. There is no deception39 in this--no trickery--ha!"
"It would seem not; the sinew must have been contracted in life. The tendons are pulled down so tightly, that the ring could not be withdrawn40 without breaking the finger."
"You are sure that coffin contains her body?"
"As sure as I am that this carcass is my own."
"The hand--'tis hers. Can any doubt exist?"
"Wherefore should it? It was broken from the arm by accident within this moment. I noticed not the occurrence, but it must have been so."
"Illegitimate. For your own sake I am glad of it."
"My heart will burst. Oh! could I but establish the fact of this marriage, her wrongs would be indeed avenged42."
"Listen to me, Luke," said the sexton, solemnly. "I told you, when I appointed this midnight interview, I had a secret to communicate. That secret is now revealed--that secret was your mother's marriage."
"And it was known to you during her lifetime?"
"You have proofs then?"
"I have nothing beyond Sir Piers's word--and he is silent now."
"By whom was the ceremony performed?"
"By a Romish priest--a Jesuit--one Father Checkley, at that time an inmate45 of the hall; for Sir Piers, though he afterwards abjured46 it, at that time professed47 the Catholic faith, and this Checkley officiated as his confessor and counsellor; as the partner of his pleasures, and the prompter of his iniquities48. He was your father's evil genius."
"Is he still alive?"
"I know not. After your mother's death he left the hall. I have said he was a Jesuit, and I may add, that he was mixed up in dark political intrigues49, in which your father was too feeble a character to take much share. But though too weak to guide, he was a pliant50 instrument, and this Checkley knew. He moulded him according to his wishes. I cannot tell you what was the nature of their plots. Suffice it, they were such as, if discovered, would have involved your father in ruin. He was saved, however, by his wife."
"And her reward----" groaned Luke.
"Was death," replied Peter, coldly. "What Jesuit ever forgave a wrong--real or imaginary? Your mother, I ought to have said, was a Protestant. Hence there was a difference of religious opinion--the worst of differences that can exist between husband and wife--. Checkley vowed51 her destruction, and he kept his vow52. He was enamored of her beauty. But while he burnt with adulterous desire, he was consumed by fiercest hate--contending, and yet strangely-reconcilable passions--as you may have reason, hereafter, to discover."
"Go on," said Luke, grinding his teeth.
"I have done," returned Peter. "From that hour your father's love for his supposed mistress, and unacknowledged wife, declined; and with his waning love declined her health. I will not waste words in describing the catastrophe53 that awaited her union. It will be enough to say, she was found one morning a corpse within her bed. Whatever suspicions were attached to Sir Piers were quieted by Checkley, who distributed gold, largely and discreetly54. The body was embalmed55 by Barbara Lovel, the Gipsy Queen."
"My foster-mother!" exclaimed Luke, in a tone of extreme astonishment56.
"Ah," replied Peter, "from her you may learn all particulars. You have now seen what remains57 of your mother. You are in possession of the secret of your birth. The path is before you, and if you would arrive at honor you must pursue it steadily58, turning neither to the right nor to the left. Opposition59 you will meet at each step. But fresh lights may be thrown upon this difficult case. It is in vain to hope for Checkley's evidence, even should the caitiff priest be living. He is himself too deeply implicated--ha!"
Peter stopped, for at this moment the flame of the candle suddenly expired, and the speakers were left in total darkness. Something like a groan7 followed the conclusion of the sexton's discourse60. It was evident that it proceeded not from his grandson, as an exclamation61 burst from him at the same instant. Luke stretched out his arm. A cold hand seemed to press against his own, communicating a chill like death to his frame.
"Who is between us?" he ejaculated.
"The devil!" cried the sexton, leaping from the coffin-lid with an agility62 that did him honor. "Is aught between us?"
"I will discharge my gun. Its flash will light us."
"Do so," hastily rejoined Peter. "But not in this direction."
"Get behind me," cried Luke. And he pulled the trigger.
A blaze of vivid light illumined the darkness. Still nothing was visible, save the warrior63 figure, which was seen for a moment, and then vanished like a ghost. The buck-shot rattled64 against the further end of the vault65.
"Let us go hence," ejaculated the sexton, who had rushed to the door, and thrown it wide open. "Mole66! Mole!" cried he, and the dog sprang after him.
"I could have sworn I felt something," said Luke; "whence issued that groan?"
"Ask not whence," replied Peter. "Reach me my mattock, and spade, and the lantern; they are behind you. And stay, it were better to bring away the bottle."
"Take them, and leave me here."
"Alone in the vault?--no, no, Luke, I have not told you half I know concerning that mystic statue. It is said to move--to walk--to raise its axe--be warned, I pray."
"Leave me, or abide67, if you will, my coming, in the church. If there is aught that may be revealed to my ear alone, I will not shrink from it, though the dead themselves should arise to proclaim the mystery. It may be--but--go--there are your tools." And he shut the door, with a jar that shook the sexton's frame.
Peter, after some muttered murmurings at the hardihood and madness, as he termed it, of his grandson, disposed his lanky68 limbs to repose69 upon a cushioned bench without the communion railing. As the pale moonlight fell upon his gaunt and cadaverous visage, he looked like some unholy thing suddenly annihilated70 by the presiding influence of that sacred spot. Mole crouched71 himself in a ring at his master's feet. Peter had not dozed72 many minutes, when he was aroused by Luke's return. The latter was very pale, and the damp stood in big drops upon his brow.
"Have you made fast the door?" inquired the sexton.
"Here is the key."
"What have you seen?" he next demanded.
Luke made no answer. At that moment, the church clock struck two, breaking the stillness with an iron clang. Luke raised his eyes. A ray of moonlight, streaming obliquely73 through the painted window, fell upon the gilt74 lettering of a black mural entablature. The lower part of the inscription75 was in the shade, but the emblazonment, and the words--
"You have heard of the handwriting upon the wall," said Peter. "Look there!--'His kingdom hath been taken from him.' Ha, ha! Listen to me. Of all thy monster race--of all the race of Rookwood I should say--no demon76 ever stalked the earth more terrible than him whose tablet you now behold77. By him a brother was betrayed; by him a brother's wife was dishonored. Love, honor, friendship, were with him as words. He regarded no ties; he defied and set at naught78 all human laws and obligations--and yet he was religious, or esteemed79 so--received the viaticum, and died full of years and honors, hugging salvation80 to his sinful heart. And after death he has yon lying epitaph to record his virtues81. His virtues! ha, ha! Ask him who preaches to the kneeling throng82 gathering83 within this holy place what shall be the murderer's portion--and he will answer--Death! And yet Sir Reginald was long-lived. The awful question, 'Cain, where is thy brother?' broke not his tranquil84 slumbers85. Luke, I have told you much--but not all. You know not, as yet--nor shall you know your destiny; but you shall be the avenger86 of infamy87 and blood. I have a sacred charge committed to my keeping, which, hereafter, I may delegate to you. You shall be Sir Luke Rookwood, but the conditions must be mine to propose."
"No more," said Luke; "my brain reels. I am faint. Let us quit this place, and get into the fresh air." And striding past his grandsire he traversed the aisles88 with hasty steps. Peter was not slow to follow. The key was applied89, and they emerged into the churchyard. The grassy90 mounds91 were bathed in the moonbeams, and the two yew-trees, throwing their black jagged shadows over the grave hills, looked like evil spirits brooding over the repose of the righteous.
The sexton noticed the deathly paleness of Luke's countenance92, but he fancied it might proceed from the tinge93 of the sallow moonlight.
"I will be with you at your cottage ere daybreak," said Luke. And turning an angle of the church, he disappeared from view.
"So," exclaimed Peter, gazing after him, "the train is laid; the spark has been applied; the explosion will soon follow. The hour is fast approaching when I shall behold this accursed house shaken to dust, and when my long-delayed vengeance94 will be gratified. In that hope I am content to drag on the brief remnant of my days. Meanwhile, I must not omit the stimulant95. In a short time I may not require it." Draining the bottle to the last drop, he flung it from him, and commenced chanting, in a high key and cracked voice, a wild ditty, the words of which ran as follow:
The Carrion Crow is a sexton bold.
He raketh the dead from out the mould;
Stealthily hiding his store of gold.
Caw! Caw!
The Carrion Crow hath a coat of black,
Like a lawyer he grubbeth--no matter what way--
Caw! Caw! the Carrion Crow!
Dig! Dig! in the ground below!
The Carrion Crow hath a dainty maw,
It can never hang too long for him!
Caw! Caw!
The Carrion Crow smelleth powder, 'tis said,
Like a soldier escheweth the taste of cold lead;
For, wherever he lighteth, he maketh a hit!
Caw! Caw! the Carrion Crow!
Dig! Dig! in the ground below!
Shouldering his spade, and whistling to his dog, the sexton quitted the churchyard.
Peter had not been gone many seconds, when a dark figure, muffled104 in a wide black mantle105, emerged from among the tombs surrounding the church; gazed after him for a few seconds, and then, with a menacing gesture, retreated behind the ivied buttresses106 of the gray old pile.
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corpse
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