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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXV WHAT THE LIBRARY HEARD The clock whispered one into the ear of the statue of Truth at the foot of the stairs, and the stroke soaked in soft echoes into the mystical shadows of the hall. A faint rustle of a dress and a shuffling step on the floor. The door of the library was cautiously opened and Kitty's frightened eyes peered in. The room was empty, though the bronze lamp was alight and the curtains over the oriel window had been drawn. With a beating heart she waited behind the half-open door. Someone was coming from the billiard-room. "Thank God, it's you, Dick," she whispered, half-sobbing and running to meet him. "What were you doing out there?" He held up a warning finger. "Making sure that our famous traveller wasn't lying doggo under the palms, and securing your retreat. If you hear anyone coming, whip as quick as you can through the billiard-room into the conservatory and wait there--don't forget the step down. I told Lemare I might be working late, so my presence here is accounted for. But sit down. You look as if you had seen a spectre." "We must be quick "she panted. "Sit down. I don't want a fainting woman in my arms. Did anyone hear you on the stairs?" "No. I very nearly trod on Savvy, and I knocked my knees against that beastly Venus on the landing, and the pain made me quite sick." "Poor little woman! Did Savvy bark?" "No." Kitty, from the sofa, watched him make up some papers. "I don't believe," she said, "you have a nerve in the whole of your body, Dick" "No, thank heaven. A man must be all nerves, a bundle of quivering agony, or have none, to succeed nowadays. It's your half-and-halfers, who don't know whether they can defy their nerves or whether their nerves will defy them, who go to bits." "Dick "--she sat up, with eyes bu...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150569379
- ISBN 13 9781150569371
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages106
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