own white
faces.
They
listened
intently,
but a
profound
silence
reigned
throughout
the house.
“It’s your
fancy,”
said the
Jew,
taking up
the light
and
turning to
his
companion.
“I’ll
swear I
saw it!”
replied
Monks,
trembling.
“It was
bending
forward
when I saw
it first;
and when I
spoke, it
darted
away.” The
Jew
glanced
contemptuously
at the
pale face
of his
associate,
and,
telling
him he
could
follow, if
he
pleased,
