She then
remembered the events immediately preceding her application to the
police. It had come on to rain, she said, and she was hurrying
along to escape from it, when a gentleman in a cloak came to her
side and politely offered to give her the shelter of his umbrella.
She accepted; the gentleman seemed old and ill. He asked her to
take his arm. She did so, and very soon she felt as if her strength
had gone from her; a cold shiver crept over her; she trembled and
tottered; but with all that she did not find her sensations
disagreeable exactly or alarming; so little so, indeed, that she
never thought of letting go the gentleman's arm. Her head buzzed,
and a kind of darkness came over her. Then all seemed to clear, and
she found herself alone near the police-station, remembering
nothing. Being asked to further describe the gentleman, she said he
was tall and dark, with a pleasant voice and wonderful eyes, that
made you feel you must do whatever he wished. The police have made
inquiries, but after such a lapse of time it is not surprising that
no trace of him can be found.
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