Part,  Chapter

 1    III,      II|  performed behind a tall folding screen. When she stepped forth
 2     IV,      IV|       could easily penetrate the screen. It was fitted between the
 3     IV,      IV|        the outside. To raise the screen the person in the alcove
 4     IV,      IV|    spring near the bed, when the screen would roll up of itself.~ ~"
 5     IV,      IV|          bade her, and the metal screen unrolled, and was caught
 6     IV,      IV|      Vavel. "No one can lift the screen from this side; but if you
 7     IV,      IV|          rolled and unrolled the screen several times. "The cord
 8     IV,      IV|          cord which releases the screen rings a bell in my room.
 9     IV,      IV|         light will penetrate the screen to the alcove to prevent
10     IV,      IV|         working of her wonderful screen. She did not amuse herself
11     IV,      IV|         the same moment that the screen unrolled and was caught
12     IV,      IV|        minutes through her metal screen - watched and admired the
13     IV,      IV|        promptly when the falling screen summoned him.~ ~And then
14     VI,       V|        reveal the secret of this screen, and you would have to die
15     VI,       V|     called, when he saw that the screen was down.~ ~"Yes, I summoned
16     VI,       V|          Ludwig came near to the screen, and said in a low, earnest
17     VI,       V|     spring in the floor, and the screen was lifted.~ ~ ~ ~
18     IX,       I|      looked about her. The metal screen was down!~ ~She hastened
19     IX,       I|        floor. Press it, and this screen will rise."~ ~The sick man
20     IX,       I|       turned his face toward the screen and listened in dreamy ecstasy
21     IX,       I|          something, and open the screen. I am going to lie down
22     IX,       I| gentleman. If he should lift the screen, and I have fallen asleep,
23     IX,       I|     directed, close by the metal screen, through which he peered
24     IX,       I|        rose, and hastened to the screen. The smoking wick in the
25     IX,       I|       the man who made the metal screen in my apartments. Could
26     IX,       I|         the secret spring of the screen, behind which he will find
27      X,       I|       body from behind the metal screen?"~ ~"Oh, that was easy enough.
28      X,       I|          in your study; when the screen unrolled, the bell rang.
29      X,       I|       the Herr Count's study the screen was rolled up."~ ~"A very
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