THE KING IN YELLOW - 2 - THE MASK - 3

by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS in English Horror Stories

III At noon next day when I called, I found Boris walking restlessly about his studio. "Geneviève is asleep just now," he told me, "the sprain is nothing, but why should she have such a high fever? The doctor ...Read Moreaccount for it; or else he will not," he muttered. "Geneviève has a fever?" I asked. "I should say so, and has actually been a little light-headed at intervals all night. The idea!—gay little Geneviève, without a care in the world,—and she keeps saying her heart's broken, and she wants to die!" My own heart stood still. Boris leaned against Read Less