of course. They discovered they had been tricked, and Mr. Punch yelled: \"Watch the basement stairs! It's the only way out! Come on, Ebbitt!\"
Mme. Storey seized my hand, and we headed diagonally across the front drawing-room for the main hall. As we reached it, our pursuers came tumbling out of the middle room. The grand stairway was immediately before us, and we sprang up. There was no other place to go. Terror lent wings to my heels. I never ran so fast in my life.
of course. They discovered they had been tricked, and Mr. Punch yelled: \"Watch the basement stairs! It's the only way out! Come on, Ebbitt!\"
Mme. Storey seized my hand, and we headed diagonally across the front drawing-room for the main hall. As we reached it, our pursuers came tumbling out of the middle room. The grand stairway was immediately before us, and we sprang up. There was no other place to go. Terror lent wings to my heels. I never ran so fast in my life.
