he thrust the dagger towards his body, but since his eyes were closed he did not see Esmeralda's ghost rising up the stairs. But he did hear her say, "Is that a dagger I see before me, or art thou just glad to see me?" Since he wasn't glad to see her, he used the dagger to punctuate his sentence, laughing in a jugular vein.

Esmeralda's ghost watched her former lover...


TEd