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Huntingtower

CHAPTER XIII
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All the vigour of the morning seemed to have gone out of his blood; he felt lonely and apprehensive and puzzled.

He wished he had Dickson beside him, for that little man's cheerful voice and complacent triviality would be a comfort....

Also, he was abominably cold.

He put on his waterproof, and turned his attention to the fire.

It needed re-kindling, and he hunted in his pockets for paper, finding only the slim volume lettered WHORLS.
I set it down as the most significant commentary on his state of mind.
He regarded the book with intense disfavour, tore it in two, and used a handful of its fine deckle-edged leaves to get the fire going.


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