”
She came closer. "I opened the padlock with this crooked
nail, which I found in the floor. ’
Melusine had crossed to the window that overlooked the front of the house,
and was trying to peep through a crack in the shutters. As she had dreaded, the police officer in the car was
politely waiting for John to depart, and exited the squad
as soon as John turned at the Pine Crest stop sign. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been
said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the
faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility,
conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every
blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked
by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made;
—how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him
suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making
it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only
delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. “This is all very well,” she said, “but two out of the three are rank deserters—
and if the papers tell the truth the third is as bad. The carte de jour was before Monsieur.
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