


Transcribed from the 1897 Robert Hayes edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org





THE MAN


BY
BRAM STOKER

AUTHOR OF "DRACULA," ETC.

LONDON: ROBERT HAYES, LTD.
SIXTY-ONE FLEET STREET, E.C.

Copyright, 1897, in the United States of America, according to Act of
Congress, by Bram Stoker.

[_All rights reserved_]




FORE-GLIMPSE


'I would rather be an angel than God!'

The voice of the speaker sounded clearly through the hawthorn tree.  The
young man and the young girl who sat together on the low tombstone looked
at each other.  They had heard the voices of the two children talking,
but had not noticed what they said; it was the sentiment, not the sound,
which roused their attention.

The girl put her finger to her lips to impress silence, and the man
nodded; they sat as still as mice whilst the two children went on
talking.

* * * * *

The scene would have gladdened a painter's heart.  An old churchyard.  The
church low and square-towered, with long mullioned windows, the 