The outcry brought Philip and old Jakes running down to the lake. Theyfound Angela standing alone on the brink and laughing her wildest.
"See," she cried, as they came panting up, "the bridegroom cometh fromhis chamber," and at that moment some unreleased air within the bodybrought it up for an instant to the surface, so that the torn andghastly face and head emerged for a second as though to look at them.Then it sank again.
"The brave dog holds him well--ha, ha, ha! He cannot catch me now--ha,ha, ha! Nor you, Judas, who sold me. Judas! Judas! Judas!" and,turning, she fled with the speed of the wind.
Mr. Fraser had but just come down, and was walking in his garden, whenhe saw this dreadful figure come flying towards him with streaminghair.
"_Betrayed_," she cried, in a voice which rang like the wail of a lostsoul, and fell on her face at his feet.
When she came back to life they found that she was mad.