He drew her close up to him with a strong, steady pull. Well, if she survives the accident—as the blood, who styles himself Sir
Cecil, fancies she may do—this ring will make my fortune by leading to the
discovery of the chief parties concerned in this strange affair. Wood. “Wild
horses—not if they have all the mounted police in London—shan’t keep me
out. The bleach had ruined it, with
yellow-orange streaks invading the frizzy white that
cascaded in wavy tendrils coated with greasy hairspray. ”
“What did your aunt say?”
“She didn’t even kiss me. She creaked, groaned, and rattled; but that was
only her way of yawning when she awoke. On this side stood the instruments with which the
latter piece of pleasantry had been effected,—namely, a bucket filled with paint
and a brush: on that was erected a trophy, consisting of a watchman's rattle, a
laced hat, with the crown knocked out, and its place supplied by a lantern, a
campaign wig saturated with punch, a torn steen-kirk and ruffles, some halfdozen staves, and a broken sword. Who invented them?
Nobody knows. No sooner had they entered the room than Sharples, who
waited to usher them in, hastily retreated, closed the door, and turning the key,
laughed loudly at the success of his stratagem.
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