Lillian Holmes And The Leaping Man - Plot & Excerpts
“I want to see her,” Lillian mumbled, but the doctor either didn’t hear or ignored her. Perhaps she hadn’t actually spoken? Her eyes were shut, and everything was awhirl. “My uncle will not tolerate this… You must speak with him… I will give you the address…” What is his address? What is his name? Her head throbbed and her stomach turned as she opened her eyes to the dimly lit room. She saw only shadows at first but heard the low murmuring of a woman. She strained to hear the words then found them baffling: The stranger repeated a nursery rhyme in a precise cadence over and over. The stench of soiled bedclothes made her stomach worse, and Lillian tried to sit only to find herself restrained with burlap straps. How long had she been asleep? And why did things look fuzzy? She tried to blink the blurriness away, but she still saw two of everything: Dr. Schneider at the foot of her bed times two, a stand with a pitcher on it doubled, a lamp that flickered side to side.
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