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stormy highway.'
And without waiting for my replyshe passed rapidly down stairs
pushed open a door at the bottomand stepped at once into the room we
had left an hour or so before.
What was there in that room that for the first time struck an ominous
chill as of distinct peril through my veins? Nothing at first sight
everything at the second. The fire which had not been allowed to die out
still burned brightly on the ruddy hearthstonebut it was not that which
awakened my apprehension. Nor was it the loud ticking clock on the
mantlepiece with its hand pointing silently to the hour of eleven. Nor yet
the heavy quiet of the scantily-furnished room with its one lamp burning
on the deal table against the side of the wall. It was the sight of those two
powerful men drawn up in grim silencethe one against the door leading
to the front hallthe other against that opening into the kitchen.
A glance at Luttra standing silent and undismayed at my side
howeverinstantly reassured me. With that will exercised in my favorI
could not but win through whatever it was that menaced me. Slinging my
bag over my shoulderI made a move towards the door and the silent
figure of my host. But with a quick outreaching of her hands
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