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Dead Men Tell No Tales | E. W. Hornung | |
Chapter XI I Live Again |
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In my madness I knew not what I said; it was my wild heart speaking. Some moments passed before she replied. "Will you promise to do nothing I ask you not to do?" "Of course." "My life might answer for it -" "I promise - I promise." "Then wait - hide - watch my light. When you see it back in the window, watch with all your eyes! I am going to write and then throw it out. Not another syllable!" She was gone; there was a long yellow slit in the masonry once more; her light burnt faint and far within. I retreated among some bushes and kept watch. The moon was skimming beneath the surface of a sea of clouds: now the black billows had silver crests: now an incandescent buoy bobbed among them. 0 for enough light, and no more! In the hall the high voices were more subdued. I heard the captain's tipsy laugh. My eyes fastened themselves upon that faint and lofty light, and on my heels I crouched among the bushes. The flame moved, flickered, and shone small but brilliant on the very sill. I ran forward on tip-toe. A white flake fluttered to my feet. I secured it and waited for one word; none came; but the window was softly shut. I stood in doubt, the treacherous moonlight all over me now, and once more the window opened. "Go quickly!" And again it was shut; next moment I was stealing close by the spot where I had knelt. I saw within once more. |
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