Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link book Complete 4/13 The Nevile sprang at him, but the stranger warded off the thrust of the poniard with a light flourish of his heavy weapon; and had not the youth drawn back on the instant, it had been good-night and a long day to Marmaduke Nevile. Even as it was, his heart beat quick, as the whirl of the huge weapon sent the air like a strong wind against his face. Ere he had time to renew his attack, he was suddenly seized from behind, and found himself struggling in the arms of two men. The next moment his right arm fell to his side, useless and deeply gashed. A heavy blow on the head--the moon, the stars reeled in his eyes--and then darkness,--he knew no more. |