[The Strange Case of Cavendish by Randall Parrish]@TWC D-Link bookThe Strange Case of Cavendish CHAPTER XVII: IN THE SHOSHONE DESERT 5/19
The other merely grunted, and began to unloosen the cover.
She leaned forward, and addressed the rounded back of the fellow in front. "Are you Mr.Moore ?" He wheeled partly about, surprised into acknowledgment. "Well, I ain't heered the mister part fer some time, but my name's Matt Moore, though, how the hell did you know it ?" "The other man called you by name--don't you remember? Besides I had heard about you before." "Well, I'll be damned.
Do yer hear that, Joe? Who told yer 'bout me ?" "Mr.Westcott; he mentioned you as being one of the men who attacked him in the hotel office yesterday.
He said you were one of Lacy's men. So when I heard your name mentioned to-night I knew in whose hands I had fallen.
Was the brute who ordered you about Bill Lacy ?" "I reckon it was, miss," doubtfully.
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