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See, I'm armed." And he pointed significantly to his breast pocket

Date of account: Published 1917
Source: Haunted Places in England
Reference: Haunted Places in England · selected passage 80
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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See, I'm armed." And he pointed significantly to his breast pocket. He was going to say something else when we heard steps--soft, surreptitious steps that hardly sounded human--coming in our direction. I immediately withdrew to the house and hastened to Sir Eldred. At my suggestion we both sat by the window, which I noticed was shut--Sir Eldred, I knew, was very susceptible to the cold--and I arranged the curtains so that we could not be seen from the outside. Sir Eldred occupied a sofa and I an easy chair. For some time we talked in low voices, and then Sir Eldred grew more and more drowsy till he finally fell asleep.

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