from which the blood was dripping like raindrops from the eaves. A third officer stood in the porch, issuing directions to his men without.
“He’s over the wall, I tell you! I saw him run up our ladder. After him every man of you - and spread!”
I looked in vain for Rattray and the rest; yet it seemed as if only one of them had escaped. I was still looking when the man in the porch wheeled back into the hall, and instantly caught sight of me at my door.
from which the blood was dripping like raindrops from the eaves. A third officer stood in the porch, issuing directions to his men without.
“He’s over the wall, I tell you! I saw him run up our ladder. After him every man of you - and spread!”
I looked in vain for Rattray and the rest; yet it seemed as if only one of them had escaped. I was still looking when the man in the porch wheeled back into the hall, and instantly caught sight of me at my door.
