Valley Thieves
“He agreed. He had heard the same thing. He pointed out that the sound now seemed to be coming forward along the roof.
"Is it Silver?" he murmured.
"I don't know," I said. "Unless he has more than one man to help him, what can he possibly manage to do here?" "He doesn't doubt himself as much as you doubt him!" suggested Clonmel. "But they can't work up the logs of that roofing—not without crowbars and a lot of noise. What'll they do ? They'll simply try the front door." "While a man's walking up... and down in front of it, on guard?" said I.
"That's all right," answered Clonmel, still in a whisper. "Jim Silver won't give up the ship, old son." I could feel my pulse in my forehead and in my lips. There's nothing more exhausting than long fear, long expectation, and I felt as though my endurance had rubbed thin as a shingle, ready to break at a touch. I rolled over to the front wall and put my eye at the largest chink I could find between the floor and the edge of the wall.
I could see the guard pacing up and down.MoreLess
"Is it Silver?" he murmured.
"I don't know," I said. "Unless he has more than one man to help him, what can he possibly manage to do here?" "He doesn't doubt himself as much as you doubt him!" suggested Clonmel. "But they can't work up the logs of that roofing—not without crowbars and a lot of noise. What'll they do ? They'll simply try the front door." "While a man's walking up... and down in front of it, on guard?" said I.
"That's all right," answered Clonmel, still in a whisper. "Jim Silver won't give up the ship, old son." I could feel my pulse in my forehead and in my lips. There's nothing more exhausting than long fear, long expectation, and I felt as though my endurance had rubbed thin as a shingle, ready to break at a touch. I rolled over to the front wall and put my eye at the largest chink I could find between the floor and the edge of the wall.
I could see the guard pacing up and down.MoreLess
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