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"Fire away, Aunt Abby, dear," Hendricks said. He had small desire to hear her meandering tales, but he felt sorry for the pathetic face she showed and listened out of sheer charity. "Yes, it was near dawn, and I was sort of dozing but yet, awake, too and I heard a step no, not a step, just a sort of gliding footfall, like a person shufing in slippers.
He left Burns, departing with a shufing step and an air of grudging the strange gentleman the occupancy of the room, although it was to be for only so long as it would take to bring back word that neither of the ladies would see him to-night. Burns sat still for the space of two minutes then, as no further sound could be heard in the quiet house, he became restless.
Mr. Comptroller Croft, advancing out of the clouds, like a propitious divinity, disguised in the garb of a foe and the scene was changed. The feeble old man, with his shufing, horse-trucking servant, ex-spy of Monsieur, had accomplished more work for Philip and Alexander than many regiments of Spaniards and Walloons could have done.
Mr. Comptroller Croft, advancing out of the clouds, like a propitious divinity, disguised in the garb of a foe and the scene was changed. The feeble old man, with his shufing, horse-trucking servant, ex-spy of Monsieur, had accomplished more work for Philip and Alexander than many regiments of Spaniards and Walloons could have done.
Mr. Comptroller Croft, advancing out of the clouds, like a propitious divinity, disguised in the garb of a foe and the scene was changed. The feeble old man, with his shufing, horse-trucking servant, ex-spy of Monsieur, had accomplished more work for Philip and Alexander than many regiments of Spaniards and Walloons could have done.
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