"
I did not reply to this of course, but sat with my face turned towards
the street in an attitude which I hoped would awaken his attention
sufficiently to cause him to get up and come over to my side. For as
he sat face to the door it would be impossible to take him by
surprise, and that, now that I saw what a huge and muscular creature
he was, seemed to me to be the only safe method before us. But,
whether from the sullenness of his disposition or the very evident
laziness of the moment, he manifested no disposition to move, and
hearing or thinking I did, the stealthy advance of Mr. Gryce and his
companions down the hall, I allowed myself to give way to a
suppressed exclamation, and leaning forward, pressed my forehead
against the pane of glass before me as if something of absorbing
interest had just taken place in the street beneath.
His fears at once took alarm. Bounding up with a curse, he strode
towards me, muttering,
"What's up now? What's that you are looking at?" reaching my side
just as Mr. Gryce and his two men softly opened the door and with a
quick leap threw their arms about him, closing upon him with a force
he could not resist, desperate as he was and mighty in the huge
strength of an unusually developed muscular organization.
"You, you girl there, are to blame for this!" came mingled with curses
from his lips, as with one huge pant he submitted to his captors.
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