Christmas At Candleshoe (2012)
“He leaps clean from one turn to the next, and as he does so contrives a right-angled twist in air; as he lands he is thus in position for his next leap. Miraculously, his lantern remains alight, but the trajectory thus enforced upon it nullifies its function as an illuminant. To Grant the treads beneath his feet become no more than a meaningless dance of shadows; he judges it best simply to jump when Jay jumps; and this he manages successfully enough till the last flight of all, when he stumble...s and arrives in the lobby head over heels and with the breath knocked out of him. Jay goes straight on unheeding. For a second or two Grant gropes about in darkness, and then manages to stagger into the hall.
Here the lamps are still burning, and he sees at the farther end the uncleared table, with half-a-dozen baked apples still on their dish. He puts on a sprint to overtake Jay, but his eye travels round the place once more as he runs, and it comes to him powerfully that this whole adventure is nonsense.MoreLess
Here the lamps are still burning, and he sees at the farther end the uncleared table, with half-a-dozen baked apples still on their dish. He puts on a sprint to overtake Jay, but his eye travels round the place once more as he runs, and it comes to him powerfully that this whole adventure is nonsense.MoreLess
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