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Wilkin Flammock, a few minutes afterwards, having first seen that all was arranged on the battlements, so as to give an imposing idea of a strength which did not exist, descended to a small guard-room, betwixt the outer and inner gate, where he was attended by half-a-dozen of his own people, disguised in the Norman armour which they had found in the armoury of the castle, their strong, tall, and bulky forms, and motionless postures, causing them to look rather like trophies of some past age, than living and existing soldiers.
The point is that there's no evidence of collusion, but rather disagreement, between the two. Of course, we could arrest Wandle now." "Yes, sir. As soon as the agent identified him, we could prove forgery and falsification of the land sale record. He'd be safe in the guard-room or a penitentiary."
For an instant after they had poured out the gate seemed quiet, and with his eyes upon it, Claude rose, first to his knees and then to his feet, paused a moment in doubt, then darted in and entered the guard-room.
About half-past four in the morning they heard horrible yells and discharges of firearms; one ran to the Queen to awaken her and get her out of bed; my sister flew to the place from which the tumult seemed to proceed; she opened the door of the antechamber which leads to the great guard-room, and beheld one of the Body Guard holding his musket across the door, and attacked by a mob, who were striking at him; his face was covered with blood; he turned round and exclaimed: "Save the Queen, madame; they are come to assassinate her!"
And now you must to your quarters, for the hour is late and the guard-room shut." He led me to our common sleeping-place, where, among many snoring men-at- arms in a great bare hall, a pallet was laid for me, and my flesh crept as I remembered how this was the couch of him whom I had slain.
'Take her to the police station' was shouted, but that is some distance away. And any second may mean death a horrible, disgraceful death. "Having arrived in the guard-room the officials are soon convinced that they have to do with an absolutely innocent woman. Outside the throngs yelled in triumph." Not one was kept in arrest, for the simple fact that they were all innocent German citizens.
"And now," he said, "with your permission I will go and speak to the guard, and see if we may have entrance." It was almost with terror that she saw him go a solitary man, with a price on his head, straight up to those whose business it was to catch him armed men, as she could see she could even see the quilted jacks they wore who, it may be, had talked of him in the guard-room only last night.
The man pointed to his bandaged ankle; but on a repetition of the order he obeyed, with a grimace of pain, and then stood on one leg, supporting himself against the mule. "I shall detain this fellow," said the officer, after a moment's pause. "Take him into the guard-room."
And it was good to see him so intent on the mere charge of it in transit between Chelsea Barracks and the Guard-room at St. James's Palace. That argued earnestness, an excellent thing, even in the Household Brigade.
'I am afraid you may wait long, answered the sentry, with a friendly glance at Cucurullo's hump; 'but you are welcome to sit in the guard-room, if you like. 'Thank you, Cucurullo answered, and as he passed he felt the soldier's light touch on his crooked back.
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