. Vivian's lesson . oundof a low cough made him start suddenly andface quickly round again. CHAPTER IX. THE MAN IX THE SUMMER-HOUSE. PHERE, to his horror, looking through thegap which had been filled by Claudesspring window, and framed, as it were, by thejagged points of glass which were still stickingto the framework, was a rough-looking man,with a stubbly beard, and a dirty white mufflertwisted loosely round his neck. He had onlyone eye; at least, if the other were there itwas hidden by a greasy green patch whichwas tied round his head by a piece of oldstring, while his rough, sandy-coloured
. Vivian's lesson . oundof a low cough made him start suddenly andface quickly round again. CHAPTER IX. THE MAN IX THE SUMMER-HOUSE. PHERE, to his horror, looking through thegap which had been filled by Claudesspring window, and framed, as it were, by thejagged points of glass which were still stickingto the framework, was a rough-looking man,with a stubbly beard, and a dirty white mufflertwisted loosely round his neck. He had onlyone eye; at least, if the other were there itwas hidden by a greasy green patch whichwas tied round his head by a piece of oldstring, while his rough, sandy-coloured hairlooked as if it had not been touched by abrush and comb for years. Clearly this strange-looking individual musthave been in the summer-house all the time,and have seen the whole of Vivians movements,and the little boy found himself wondering, inspite of his terror, how he had escaped beingstruck by a pellet or cut by a fragment ofbroken glass. He would fain have turned andrun away, but something in the mans one. There, to his horror, looking through the gap, was a rough-lookingman, with a stubbly beard, and a dirty white muffler twisted loosely round his « PAGE 92.
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