‘In that case, he is probably already
dead, and you have nothing to worry about. I don’t
know. You disgust me. "
"Company!" echoed Rachel; "at this time of night?"
"Company, child," repeated Kneebone. —The general who gives an order for wholesale carnage never sleeps
a wink the less soundly for the midnight groans of his victims, and we should
deride him as a coward if he did. “To the best of
my belief, I have not a single English acquaintance in the city. I will not talk
to you about Miss Pellissier or her affairs. ‘I find you excessively rude, both of you,’
said the lady crossly. “It makes one feel quite
awkward to mention such a thing, but after all I think that it is best for both
parties. 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. “What have you been doing since our last talk? Still cutting up rabbits and
probing into things? I’ve often thought of that talk of ours—often. I would sooner see you in a ’bus
again. "
"Rely on me," rejoined Kneebone.
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