Power of Karma

Author(s): Alexander Cannon
Publisher: Rider and Co

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THE POWER OF KARMA description there and then. "The last owner built this wing, but for the last fifty or sixty years the castle has been empty," he explained.
"I know! I know !" the young lady interrupted irritably. “What I am interested in is the knight's room.”
The old man was startled.
“I could swear you have never been here before. How do you know all this?” he asked the young wife.
Heedless of the question, however, the girl pressed forward and herself led the way to the room. She seemed to know her way about the place better than anyone else.
“There is a locked room here : show it to us," she demanded. The old caretaker began to grow frightened, and crossed himself.
“Quite right !” he admitted, “but it has never been opened since I can remember, and the key has been lost.”
"Nevertheless I must get in,” the girl insisted. “Underneath the old staircase hangs a big bunch of keys. Bring it here. The missing key is among them."
Curiosity getting the better of his fear, the old caretaker obeyed, and brought the bunch, from which the girl selected a very old key.