ANOTHER meeting in the old church, but this time at night. The somberness of the surroundings was undiminished by any light. They were in absolute darkness. Absolute darkness, but not absolute silence. Noises strange and suggestive, but not of any human agency, whispered, sighed, rattled¹, and grumbled² from far away recesses³. The snap of wood, the gnawing⁴ of rats, the rustling⁵ of bat wings disturbed the ears of one of the guilty pair, till his voice took on unnatural⁶ tones as he tried to tell his story to his greedy companion. They were again astride the bench, and their thin faces were so near that their breaths commingled⁷ at times; yet Fellows felt at moments so doubtful of all human presence that instinctively⁸ his hand would go groping out till it touched the other's arm or breast, when it would fall back again satisfied. He was in a state of absolute terror of the darkness, the oppressive air, the ghostly sounds, and possibly of the image raised by his own conscience, yet he hugged to himself the thought of secrecy⁹ which it all involved, and never thought of yielding up his scheme or even shortening his tale, so long as the other listened and gave his mind to the problem which promised them thousands without the usual humdrum¹⁰ method of working for them.  
We will listen to what he had to say, leaving to your imagination the breaks and guilty starts and moments of intense listening and anxious fear wi............