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I am that man; and I thank God that I have done my work!' 

     If Slinkton had been running for his life from swift…footed savages; a 

dozen   miles;   he   could   not   have   shown   more   emphatic   signs   of   being 

oppressed at heart and labouring for breath; than he showed now; when he 

looked at the pursuer who had so relentlessly hunted him down。 

     'You never saw me under my right name before; you see me under my 

right name now。        You shall see me once again in the body; when you are 

tried for your life。      You shall see me once again in the spirit; when the 

cord is round your neck; and the crowd are crying against you!' 

     When Meltham had spoken these  last words; the miscreant suddenly 

turned away his face; and seemed to strike his mouth with his open hand。 

At the same instant; the room was filled with a new and powerful odour; 

and; almost at the same instant; he broke into a crooked run; leap; start; … I 

have no name for the spasm; … and fell; with a dull weight that shook the 

heavy old doors and windows in their frames。 

     That was the fitting end of him。 

     When   we   saw   that   he   was   dead;   we   drew   away  from  the   room;   and 

Meltham; giving me his hand; said; with a weary air; 

     'I have no more work on earth; my friend。              But I shall see her again 

elsewhere。' 

     It was in vain that I tried to rally him。         He might have saved her; he 

said; he had not saved her; and he reproached himself; he had lost her; and 



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he was broken…hearted。 

     'The purpose that sustained me is over; Sampson; and there is nothing 

now to hold me to life。          I am not fit for life; I am weak and spiritless; I 

have no hope and no object; my day is done。' 

     In truth; I could hardly have believed that the broken man who then 

spoke     to   me   was    the   man    who    had    so   strongly    and   so   differently 

impressed me when his purpose was before him。                     I used such entreaties 

with   him;   as   I   could;   but   he   still   said;   and   always   said;   in   a   patient; 

undemonstrative way; … nothing could avail him; … he was broken…hearted。 

     He   died   early  in   the   next   spring。  He   was   buried   by  the   side of   the 

poor   young   lady   for   whom   he   had   cherished   those   tender   and   unhappy 

regrets; and he left all he had to her sister。           She lived to be a happy wife 

and   mother;   she   married   my   sister's   son;   who   succeeded   poor   Meltham; 

she is living now; and her children ride about the garden on my walking… 

stick when I go to see her。 



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