Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thick iron bar fixed across. If it could only be removed there was certainly a chance of escape. The metal sheath of his dagger still hung at his belt, and with its point he might be able to dislodge it. He was just about to set to work and try, when he heard footsteps ascending the stairs, and presently the door opened, and the big hulking fellow who had accompanied the Count entered, bearing a loaf of black bread and a bowl of water, which he placed on the floor. “ Here, young one, thou canst make a meal of this,” he said, with a grunt, and turning on his heel, bolted the door and retreated down- stairs. As soon as all was quiet again, Karl dragged the chest underneath the flue, and standing on it, was soon attacking the stone- work which held one end of the bar with the point of his dagger sheath. Several hours passed before he succeeded in getting the first stone loosened. Stiff and sore, his face blackened with soot and dirt, he came down and rested a while, afraid of another visit D