[The Gold-Stealers by Edward Dyson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Gold-Stealers CHAPTER XIV 11/21
I d'know, though--I d'know.' 'Listen here, an' take a grip on that screamin' woman's tongue o' yours. It don't matter whether he saw you 'r didn't see you, 'cause he won't live t' tell it.' 'Oh, Heaven! Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! I didn't mean that--I swear to Heaven, I on'y meant to stun him!' 'I know yer didn't.
Pull yerself together, you quiverin' idiot.
D'ye think I meant to do murder ?' 'No, no, no; o' course not.
P'raps he ain't hurt ez bad ez you think.' 'Tain't the hurt, it's this.
I on'y thought of it comin' up the ladders. Did yer notice where he fell? He went back down the incline, fallin' with his head a few feet up from the pumps.
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