Where is Capella ?" "I killed him," was the cool reply.
The footman, who had slowly regained his senses, uttered a groan of horror.

By this time several men, not alone house servants, but gardeners, grooms, and others, had gathered on the lawn.
"Send away that slave," cried Ooma impatiently, "and tell those others to go to their kennels.

This is no place for such." Brett knew that the Japanese was in truth about to die.

Afterwards Winter and Holden confessed that they thought the pretence of injecting snake poison was a mere ruse to gain time.

Robert and David intuitively agreed with the barrister.