[The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Harry Revel CHAPTER XXIII 13/18
Hey, my lass? The show's waiting.
Sit up and have a look at him!" I saw Whitmore's face as they turned it up, and the sight of it made me cover my eyes.
I heard the men step out into the roadway, and set back their triggers.
Crouching against the wall, I heard the volley. As the echoes of it beat from side to side of the narrow street I looked again--not towards the wall--but upwards at the balcony, under which the men waved their lanterns as they dispersed, leaving the corpse where it lay.
To my surprise Leicester had released the woman.
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