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Updated: May 5, 2025
That's the beauty of being a soldier, sir. He isn't often called upon to fight; but when he does he has to take his wounds pleasantly, and set an example to his men by dying with a smile on his lip and a laugh in his eye." Meanwhile Mr Gregory had got out the tool-drawer from his chest, and was busily attacking the lath which kept in place the sliding-door of his cabin.
"I'll see how much he's taken," said Constance, preoccupied, going to the mantelpiece. "Why, I do believe " Sophia began, and then stopped, glancing at the sewing-machine, which stood next to the sofa. It was a Howe sewing-machine. It had a little tool-drawer, and in the tool-drawer was a small pair of pliers.
Constance, engaged in sniffing at the lees of the potion in order to estimate its probable deadliness, heard the well-known click of the little tool-drawer, and then she saw Sophia nearing Mr. Povey's mouth with the pliers. "Sophia!" she exclaimed, aghast. "What in the name of goodness are you doing?" "Nothing," said Sophia. The next instant Mr. Povey sprang up out of his laudanum dream.
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