. Wild Georgie [electronic resource]. lock, andwe have come to no conclusive arrangements. Will youshut that nasty pistol-case ; it makes me shudder to look atit, and I am afraid to close it myself. And then they talked over their future plans, anddecided how they could best avoid the vigilance of Clivespursuers and Georgies friends, if they should once becomeacquainted with the fact of her interview with this vauriengambler. At last they parted for a few hours—Georgie,although in terror for her life, carrying with her the dreadedpistol-case. Oswald Clive should never see those pistolsagain ;
. Wild Georgie [electronic resource]. lock, andwe have come to no conclusive arrangements. Will youshut that nasty pistol-case ; it makes me shudder to look atit, and I am afraid to close it myself. And then they talked over their future plans, anddecided how they could best avoid the vigilance of Clivespursuers and Georgies friends, if they should once becomeacquainted with the fact of her interview with this vauriengambler. At last they parted for a few hours—Georgie,although in terror for her life, carrying with her the dreadedpistol-case. Oswald Clive should never see those pistolsagain ; he had forfeited them for ever by his rashness. She passed quickly out of Clives room, begging him toremain inside to avoid observation. So quickly did shepass on, that she nearly fell into the arms of a man who wascoming round a sharp angle of the corridor, in the nowdimly-lighted house. An exclamation fell from his lips, which made Georgielook up, and to her no small dismay she found herself faceto face with Sir Henry Wilbraham !.
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