Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

CHAPTER 5. MR. DURDLES AND FRIEND (continued)

His nephew lies asleep, calm and untroubled. John Jasper stands looking down upon him, his unlighted pipe in his hand, for some time, with a fixed and deep attention. Then, hushing his footsteps, he passes to his own room, lights his pipe, and delivers himself to the Spectres it invokes at midnight.

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