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Afterwards — in the solitary dusk among the ropes and bales — there had evidently been some play with knives , and it ended with a flight to London , and then down to Rooksby's red barn , with the runners in full cry after them .
Afterwards — in the solitary dusk among the ropes and bales — there had evidently been some play with knives , and it ended with a flight to London , and then down to Rooksby's red barn , with the runners in full cry after them .
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I stumbled against a great , quiet farm horse . A continuous scuffling went on ; an imperious voice cried : " Hold your tongues , you fools ! Hold your tongues !. Someone else called : “ Hear to Jack THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 17.
I stumbled against a great , quiet farm horse . A continuous scuffling went on ; an imperious voice cried : " Hold your tongues , you fools ! Hold your tongues !. Someone else called : “ Hear to Jack THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 17.
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“ Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don't struggle , ” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head .
“ Blindfold ' em , lads , ” he cried , and turned me sharply round . “ Don't struggle , ” he whispered in my ear ; his silk handkerchief came cool across my eyelids . I felt hands fumbling with a knot at the back of my head .
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We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . ' You — they — aren't murdering them ” ” I asked . you won't وو “ No , no , ” he answered . THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 19.
We made a few paces down the road ; the pitiful voices of the runners crying for help came plainly to my ears . ' You — they — aren't murdering them ” ” I asked . you won't وو “ No , no , ” he answered . THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH 19.
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It was he who had cried the watchword , “ Snuff and enough , ” and who had held the whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture .
It was he who had cried the watchword , “ Snuff and enough , ” and who had held the whispered consultation . Carlos and Castro had waited in their hiding - place , having been spectators of the arrival of the runners and of my capture .
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