She twanged the
catgut under her fingers. Be this
as it may, Jonathan remained the victor; and shortly afterwards,—at the price of
a third of his estate, it was whispered,—he procured Trenchard's liberation from
confinement. Gosse sagged
under the impact, knocking over the card table, and falling to sit, half stunned,
the discharged pistol flying from his slackened grasp. “What did you say?”
“Well, I considered myself justified in denying it,” Anna answered drily. He wanted to know what the
joke against him was—if any. “So you’d best open your coffers. I
don’t think any surroundings could throw a shadow on you. ’
***
Martha sniffed dolefully, scrubbing at her reddened eyes with a large square of
damp linen. They were
both conscious, however, that something had intervened between them.
Video ID: TW96aWxsYS81LjAgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbzsgY29tcGF0aWJsZTsgQ2xhdWRlQm90LzEuMDsgK2NsYXVkZWJvdEBhbnRocm9waWMuY29tKSAtIDEzLjU5LjYuMiAtIDA4LTA3LTIwMjQgMDM6MzU6MTYgLSA5MjQxODA2NTE=
This video was uploaded to indienet.info on 03-07-2024 16:22:14