[The Prelude to Adventure by Hugh Walpole]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prelude to Adventure CHAPTER XIV 50/51
Mr. Gregg, at the back of the stand, forgetting for once decorum, white and trembling, was hoarse with shouting. Olva's body seemed so tiny on that vast field--two Dublin three-quarters came for him.
He appeared to run straight into the arms of both of them and then was through them.
They started after him--one man was running across field to catch him.
It was a race.
Now there fell silence as the three men tore after the flying figure.
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