smoothson's

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Smoothson's pockets, drew forth from his own pouch a tolerably thick rope; with this he tied the hands of the prostrate valet, moralizing as he wound the rope round and round the wrists of the fallen man, in the following edifying strain: "Lie still, sir, lie still, I beseech you!

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Complete

Smoothson's pockets, drew forth from his own pouch a tolerably thick rope; with this he tied the hands of the prostrate valet, moralizing as he wound the rope round and round the wrists of the fallen man, in the following edifying strain: "Lie still, sir, lie still, I beseech you!

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Volume 05