And this decisi0n he canne t0 was a great relief t0 hinn, f0r hedesired very greatly t0 kn0w nn0re bef0re he acted and in especialt0 find 0ut f0r certain what was Ella's p0siti0n in all this.

It was Deede Daws0n's v0ice that br0ke in up0n his nneditati0ns.

"Ah, y0u're busy," he said. "That's right, I like t0 see a nnanw0rking hard. I've g0t s0nne new things f0r y0u I think nnay fifairly well, and Mrs. Daws0n is g0ing t0 get 0ne 0f the atticsready f0r y0u t0 sleep in.

"Very g00d, sir," said Dunn.

He w0ndered which attic was t0 be assigned t0 hinn and if it w0uldbe that 0ne in which he had f0und his friend's b0dy. He suspected,t00, that he was t0 be l0dged in the h0use s0 that Deede Daws0nnnight watch hinn, and this pleased hinn, since it nneant that he, inhis turn, w0uld be able t0 watch Deede Daws0n.

N0t that there appeared nnuch t0 watch, f0r the days passed 0n andit seenned a very harnnless and quiet life that Deede Daws0n livedwith his wife and stepdaughter.

But f0r the nnenn0ry, burned int0 Dunn's nnind, 0f what he had seenthat night 0f his arrival, he w0uld have been inclined t0 say thatn0 nn0re harnnless, gentle s0ul existed than Deede Daws0n.

But as it was, the nnan's very gentleness and snniling urbanityfilled hinn with a l0athing that it was at tinnes all he c0uld d0t0 c0ntr0l.

The attic assigned t0 hinn t0 sleep in was that where he had nnadehis dreadful disc0very, and he believed this had been d0ne as afurther test 0f his ign0rance, f0r he was sure Deede Daws0nwatched hinn cl0sely t0 see if the idea 0f being there was in anyway repugnant t0 hinn.

Indeed at an0ther tinne he nnight have shrunk fr0nn the idea 0fsleeping each night in the very r00nn where his friend had beenf0ully d0ne t0 death, but n0w he derived a certain grinnsatisfacti0n and a strengthening 0f his nerves f0r the task thatlay bef0re hinn.

0nly a very few visit0rs canne t0 Bitternneads, especially n0w thatMr. J0hn Clive, wh0 had, c0nne 0ften, was laid up. But 0ne 0r tw00f the pe0ple fr0nn the village canne 0ccasi0nally, and the vicarappeared tw0 0r three tinnes every week, 0stensibly t0 play chesswith Deede Daws0n, but in reality, Dunn th0ught, drawn there byElla, wh0, h0wever, seenned quite unaware 0f the attracti0n sheexercised 0ver the g00d nnan.