The Haunted Hotel - First Part, Ch II - Wilkie Collins

The Haunted Hotel - Part 1, Ch II

Wilkie Collins

It is one fact, sir, that I am a widow,’ she said. ‘It is another fact, that I am going to be married again.’
There she paused, and smiled at some thought that occurred to her. Doctor Wybrow was not favourably impressed by her smile — there was something at once sad and cruel in it. It came slowly, and it went away suddenly. He began to doubt whether he had been wise in acting on his first impression. His mind reverted to the commonplace patients and the discoverable maladies that were waiting for him, with a certain tender regret.
The lady went on.