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It was to this card that Froyle went. Passing his thumb down the card, he paused at Rule VII.: 'Each member shall, on the death of another member, pay 1s. for benefit of widow or nominee of deceased, same to be paid within one month after notice given. 'Or nominee nominee, he murmured reflectively, staring at the card.
He swung twice to and fro, but as he passed under the hook for the fifth time his toes touched the floor. The rope had stretched. In another second he was standing firm on the floor, purple and panting, but ignominiously alive. 'Good-even to you, Mr. Froyle. Be you committing suicide? The tones were drawling, uncertain, mildly astonished.
The middle-aged idiot regarded him with a vague, interested smile, and came into the coach-house. 'You'n gotten the rope too long, Mr. Froyle. Let me help you. Froyle calmly assented. He stood on the table, and the two rearranged the noose and made it secure.
The idiot went into the coach-house, and, slapping William's body in a friendly way so that it trembled on the rope, he spluttered out between his laughs: 'Master wants ye, Mr. Froyle. Then he walked out into the village street, and stood looking up the muddy road, still laughing quietly.
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