04-01-02-不平静的坟墓 [13]
,and he died on September 18th,three months later.'
'Perhaps it will be the same for me,'Dunning said miserably.He looked in his diary.'Yes,April 23rd was the day in the Museum—that brings me to July 23rd.Now,Harrington, I would very much like to know anything you can tell me about your brother's trouble.'
'The thing that worried him most,'said Harrington,'was the feeling that whenever he was alone,someone was watching him.After a time I began to sleep in his room,and he felt better because of that. But he talked a lot in his sleep.'
'What about?'asked Dunning.
'I think it would be better not to go into details about that,'replied Harrington But I remember that he received a packet by post,which contained a little diary.My brother didn't look at it,but after his death I did,and found that all the pages after September 18th had been cut out.Perhaps you wonder why he went out alone on the evening he died?The strange thing is that during the last week of his life all his worries seemed to disappear,and he no longer felt that someone was watching or following him.'
Finally,the two men made a plan.Harrington had a friend who lived near Lufford Abbey;he would stay with him and watch Karswell.If he thought they had a chance to arrange an accidental meeting,he would send a telegram to Dunning. Meanwhile,Dunning had to be ready to move at any moment and had to keep the paper safe.
Harrington went off to his friend in Warwickshire and Dunning was left alone.He found waiting very hard,and was unable to work or to take any interest in anything.He felt that he was living in a black cloud that cut him off from the world. He became more and more worried as May,June,and the first half of July passed with no word from Harrington.But all this time Karswell remained at Lufford Abbey.
At last,less than a week before July 23rd,Dunning received a telegram from his friend:
Karswell is leaving London for France on the boat train on Thursday night.Be ready.I will come to you tonight.Harrington.
When he arrived,the two men made their final plan.The boat train from London stopped only once before Dover,at Croydon West.Harrington would get on the train in London and find where Karswell was sitting.Dunning would wait for the train at Croydon West where Harrington would look out for him.Dunning would make sure that his name was not on his luggage and,most importantly,must have the paper with him.
On Thursday night Dunning waited impatiently for the train at Croydon West.He now had a thick beard and was wearing glasses,and felt sure that Karswell would not recognize him. He noticed that he no longer felt himself to be in danger,but this only made him worry more,because he remembered what Harrington had said about his brother's last week.
At last the boat train arrived and he saw his friend at one of the windows.It was important not to show that they knew each other,so Dunning got on further down the train and slowly made his way to the right compartment.
Harrington and Karswell were alone in the compartment, and Dunning entered and sat in the corner furthest from Karswell.Karswell's heavy travelling coat and bag were on the seat opposite him,and next to where Dunning was now sitting.Dunning thought of hiding the paper in the coat but realized that this would not do;he would have to give it to Karswell and see that Karswell accepted it.Could he hide Karswell's bag in some way,put the paper in it,and then give the bag to him as he got off the train?This was the only plan he could think of.He wished desperately that he could ask Harrington's advice.
Karswell himself seemed very restless.Twice he stood up to look out of the window.Dunning was just going to try to make his bag fall off the seat when he saw a warning expression in Harrington's eye—Karswell was watching them in the window.
Then Karswell stood up a third time,opened the window and put his head outside.As he stood up,something fell silently to the floor and Dunning saw that it was a thin wallet containing Karswell's tickets.In a moment Dunning had pushed the paper into the pocket at the back of the wallet
'Perhaps it will be the same for me,'Dunning said miserably.He looked in his diary.'Yes,April 23rd was the day in the Museum—that brings me to July 23rd.Now,Harrington, I would very much like to know anything you can tell me about your brother's trouble.'
'The thing that worried him most,'said Harrington,'was the feeling that whenever he was alone,someone was watching him.After a time I began to sleep in his room,and he felt better because of that. But he talked a lot in his sleep.'
'What about?'asked Dunning.
'I think it would be better not to go into details about that,'replied Harrington But I remember that he received a packet by post,which contained a little diary.My brother didn't look at it,but after his death I did,and found that all the pages after September 18th had been cut out.Perhaps you wonder why he went out alone on the evening he died?The strange thing is that during the last week of his life all his worries seemed to disappear,and he no longer felt that someone was watching or following him.'
Finally,the two men made a plan.Harrington had a friend who lived near Lufford Abbey;he would stay with him and watch Karswell.If he thought they had a chance to arrange an accidental meeting,he would send a telegram to Dunning. Meanwhile,Dunning had to be ready to move at any moment and had to keep the paper safe.
Harrington went off to his friend in Warwickshire and Dunning was left alone.He found waiting very hard,and was unable to work or to take any interest in anything.He felt that he was living in a black cloud that cut him off from the world. He became more and more worried as May,June,and the first half of July passed with no word from Harrington.But all this time Karswell remained at Lufford Abbey.
At last,less than a week before July 23rd,Dunning received a telegram from his friend:
Karswell is leaving London for France on the boat train on Thursday night.Be ready.I will come to you tonight.Harrington.
When he arrived,the two men made their final plan.The boat train from London stopped only once before Dover,at Croydon West.Harrington would get on the train in London and find where Karswell was sitting.Dunning would wait for the train at Croydon West where Harrington would look out for him.Dunning would make sure that his name was not on his luggage and,most importantly,must have the paper with him.
On Thursday night Dunning waited impatiently for the train at Croydon West.He now had a thick beard and was wearing glasses,and felt sure that Karswell would not recognize him. He noticed that he no longer felt himself to be in danger,but this only made him worry more,because he remembered what Harrington had said about his brother's last week.
At last the boat train arrived and he saw his friend at one of the windows.It was important not to show that they knew each other,so Dunning got on further down the train and slowly made his way to the right compartment.
Harrington and Karswell were alone in the compartment, and Dunning entered and sat in the corner furthest from Karswell.Karswell's heavy travelling coat and bag were on the seat opposite him,and next to where Dunning was now sitting.Dunning thought of hiding the paper in the coat but realized that this would not do;he would have to give it to Karswell and see that Karswell accepted it.Could he hide Karswell's bag in some way,put the paper in it,and then give the bag to him as he got off the train?This was the only plan he could think of.He wished desperately that he could ask Harrington's advice.
Karswell himself seemed very restless.Twice he stood up to look out of the window.Dunning was just going to try to make his bag fall off the seat when he saw a warning expression in Harrington's eye—Karswell was watching them in the window.
Then Karswell stood up a third time,opened the window and put his head outside.As he stood up,something fell silently to the floor and Dunning saw that it was a thin wallet containing Karswell's tickets.In a moment Dunning had pushed the paper into the pocket at the back of the wallet