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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    the side of the house. In a moment they had opened the door and were in the road. “ I would the Count had given someone else his dirty work to do,” said the voice of the elder man, as they passed within a few feet of Karl, walking towards the village. “ I feel almost inclined to run off with the baggage myself,” rejoined the other, with a laugh. Karl’s heart gave a sudden jump, and he almost cried out for joy. Was it Dulcie they spoke of ? If so, how was he to get her out of the place ? Such were the thoughts that rushed through his mind. There was not a second to be lost. The smithy was doubt- less close by, and they would return shortly. Perchance there were other rooms at the back of the building. Feeling his way by the wall, he crept swiftly but noiselessly round to the rear of the house. In a small window near the roof there was a dim light, and beneath it there was a rough outhouse, on to the roof of which he soon climbed, and approached the window. Pressing his face against the lattice, he looked through into a small, bare room. On a stool near the door