[The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Fighting Chance CHAPTER XIV THE BARGAIN 47/47
No, I don't want you to drive, Stephen--if you don't mind.
Get that machinist, please.
I'm rattled, and I don't want you to drive." Leila lay on the stretcher, her bloodless face upturned to the stars. Beyond, under a blanket, something else lay very still on the lawn. Plank beckoned a policeman, and whispered to him. Then, far away in the darkness, a distant clamour grew on the night air, nearer, nearer. Plank, standing beside the stretcher, raised his head, listening to the ambulance arriving at full speed..
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