[Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookColonel Thorndyke’s Secret CHAPTER VII 15/33
It is hardly likely that the thing will be attempted again, and Mark's chase must have shown the fellow that the game is hardly worth the risk." "He might have shot you, Mark; you had no right to risk your life in that sort of way," the girl said to him, later, as they were seated together in front of the fire, while the Squire was reading the Gazette at the table, Mrs.Cunningham was working, and Mr.Bastow, who had been greatly shaken by the event, had retired to bed. "Do you think that he really meant to kill your father ?" "I should imagine he did; a man would hardly run the risk of being hung merely for the pleasure of shooting.
I would give a good deal if I had caught him, or better still, if I had shot him," said Mark.
"However, I will make it my business to hunt the fellow down.
After this evening's affair, we shall never feel comfortable until he is caught.
I have no doubt that he is the fellow we have been hunting for the last four months.
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