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Simon Dale

CHAPTER VIII
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"Do your will," he shrieked, "I am ready.

But your hour comes also, yea, your cup shall soon be full." Darrell spoke to him in low stern tones.
"It may be more than ears, if you will not bridle your tongue.

It's not for you to question why the King comes or goes." I saw Jonah's face at the door, pale with fright as he looked at the two men.

The interest of the scene grew on me; the talk of Dover seemed to pursue me strangely.
"But this young man," pursued Phineas, utterly unmoved by Darrell's threat, "is not of you; he shall be snatched from the burning, and by his hand the Lord will work a great deliverance." Darrell turned to me and said stiffly: "This room is yours, sir, not mine.

Do you suffer the presence of this mischievous knave ?" "I suffer what I can't help," I answered.


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