that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians , as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool ; if so my stay may be very interesting .
When he pausedpauseby the clerk 's desk on his way out , to lightlighthis cigar , the day clerk , who had just come on duty , glancedglanceat the register and readreadthe last entry : -- " ' JOHN WARWICK , CLARENCE , SOUTH CAROLINA . '
I also approachedapproachand readread: July 1st , 1895 The Rev. James Flynn ( formerly of S. Catherine ’s Church , Meath Street ) , aged sixty-five years .
Poor Douglas , before his deathdeath-- when it was in sight -- committedcommitto me the manuscript that reachedreachhim on the third of these days and that , on the same spot , with immense effecteffect, he began to readreadto our hushed little circle on the night of the fourth .
“ I know there are moors there , because I readreadabout them in a book the other day , ” saidsayKatharine .
She readreada letter from her sister , who was away in the East , and who had engagedengageherself to be married .