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It were superfluous to curse him, his whole existence will be a living, a continuing curse. No necessity to use the burning words of the poet and say: "'May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim. "Every sentiment in his regard of the country he has dishonoured, and the people he has humbled, will be one of horror and hate.
Proctor's theory of the story is that Jasper, after Edwin's return at midnight on Christmas Eve, recommended a warm drink mulled wine, drugged and then proposed another stroll of inspection of the effects of the storm. He then strangled him, somewhere, and placed him in the quicklime in the Sapsea vault, locked him in, and went to bed. Next, according to Mr.
It was unnecessary that she should be drugged and set in the fireplace quite unnecessary." "It might have been to put off an examining magistrate," said the Duke. "Having found Victoire in the fireplace, M. Formery did not look for anything else." "Yes, it might have been that," said Guerchard slowly.
The last thought struck to her heart like a chill, but she would not admit even the possibility of such a thing. The certainty that the children had been drugged and carried off in the two sacks battled constantly with the hope that the boys would find them playing around the corner, or hidden in some unfrequented spot.
It was his night at the river house, and small opportunities for pilfering from the drugged sleepers made these occasions both amusing and profitable. On the whole he enjoyed the nights in the den, and they added considerably to his bank in a box secreted behind the Joss who flamed and pranced on the wall.
Either the sight of his treasures, so nearly lost, or the feeling that the thief had dared to tamper with them after all, suddenly infuriated Maguire to such an extent that he had bestowed a couple of brutal kicks upon the senseless form of Raffles before the secretary and I could interfere. "Play light, Mr. Maguire!" cried the sallow secretary. "The man's drugged, as well as down."
Mary was grateful it made her waiting so much less hard while her friends were with her the constant ache at her heart was drugged asleep. Knowing Wallace, she suspected his hand in this widespread activity, nor was she mistaken.
No; there was nothing in the flavour of it which betrayed that he had been drugged. If the waiter was to be believed, he had only drunk claret and there he was, in a state of helpless stupefaction, nevertheless. She looked again at the dinner-table, and discovered one, among the many empty bottles, with some wine still left in it.
I woke next morning feeling languid and giddy, and, while shaving, I noticed a curious red mark at the base of my neck. I imagined I must have cut myself shaving hurriedly the evening before, and thought nothing more about it. "'The following night, after dinner, I experienced the same sensation of sleepiness, and felt almost as if I had been drugged.
Once a low moan escaped from her lips. "My wife is naturally overwrought by this painful business," Stephen said. "I trust that you gentlemen will excuse her.... Hadn't you better go and lie down somewhere, Myra?" She shook her head violently, moaning again. Both the doctor and the attorney were looking at her curiously. "Well, I object to being drugged," Colonel Hampton said, rising.
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