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Sweigard Kniesel <premise <at> pointvirgule.fr>
2009-01-18 17:59:45 GMT
Ound her throat, "Death rather than betray the other two." "That's it,"
said the other, with cheerful firmness. "Now, good-night." He lowered
the lights and opened the door of the room. She passed into the dark
passage, and he returned to the table and pressed a button which opened
the front door. When he heard it softly close, he knew that she was out
of the house and on her way home. But her adventures were not yet over.
Before she had gone very far she was aware of being followed. A mirror
in a shop window reflected, afar off, the silhouette of the only other
person besides herself in the now silent street--a tall man in a slouch
hat. Apparently he had on shoes as light as her own, for his feet made
no more noise than hers, though her fine ear detected the steady beat of
them behind her. For the first time, she knew terror. Supposing it were
a detective who had tracked her from Syke Ravenal's door, and was now
waiting to arrest her as she entered her own home! She realized that her
courage had lain in the knowledge of absolute security, for now, at the
menace of discovery, her heart was paralyzed with fright and she could
scarcely breathe. Instinct told her to run, but acquired self-control
kept her from this madness, and, by a great effort, she continued
walking quietly as before. Gradually her nerve returned. She determined,
by feint, to discover whether the man were really following her or if
his presence were due to accident. Having now arrived at the residential
part of the town, where ev
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