I'd suggest, dear Mr.King, that you tell them all you know before they begin the dragging process.

It is a very unpleasant way they have." With a curt nod to the men, he strode out through the mouth of the cave and was gone.

Dusk had settled down upon mountain and valley; a thin fog swam high in the air above.

One of the men cut the rope that bound Truxton's feet.
"Get up," said the Newport man.

"We've got to be movin'.