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There the soft, oozy earth, which can never dry under the trees, is poached into a slough through which even timber carriages cannot be drawn. Nor can a horseman slip aside, because of the ash poles and thorn thickets. Those who are trapped there must return to the park and gallop all round the wood outside, unless they like to venture a roll in that liquid mud.
"Guy," she cried, "forgive me, but I could not help it. I have made a mummy of myself, and I have walked along those awful sands that I might not be seen; but there is a question " She saw Ray. The words died from her lips. She stood and shivered like a trapped bird. He removed his pipe from his teeth. "Go on," he said mildly. "Don't mind me. Perhaps I can help Mr. Ducaine to answer it."
Vagualame's arrest had made a terrible impression on her.... Vagualame had not betrayed her; but she sensed snares, pitfalls all about her: she might be trapped any minute: she must disappear!
Every step was now one of potential danger, for the throwing open of the kitchen door would disclose his presence, and he would be trapped, for there was no exit from the cellar except through the passageway, and he knew that if he were discovered, some of the men would run to the barn and guard that exit.
Oscar did repeat word for word all that had passed between him and the woman and then added: "You see, Cad, how for once you have reached a too hasty conclusion. That woman was really doing us a great service. I'll bet my life on her sincerity." "You will?" "I will." "It's lucky I am here to save you from being trapped.
He was fairly trapped now, and he knew it; with his iron bar upraised he awaited the leaders, determined that three or four should not escape him before he was done to death. At this instant he heard a sound beside him, and glancing in the direction, saw a door suddenly thrown open.
I am trapped on this balcony, and dare not attempt to get away I had to listen. You will believe what I say?" I was pleading so desperately that she stopped me, one hand grasping my sleeve. "Yes, of course. I am sure you could never do that purposely. But I do not know what to say, how to explain. You must go at once. Can you not realize my position if you are discovered here?
Hunted and trapped by fishermen, this valuable carnivore has become extremely rare, and it takes refuge chiefly in the northernmost parts of the Pacific, where in all likelihood its species will soon be facing extinction. Captain Nemo's companion picked up the animal, loaded it on his shoulder, and we took to the trail again. For an hour plains of sand unrolled before our steps.
From the depths with which it communicated proceeded vague, awesome sounds, as of waves breaking in some vast cavern.... We were more than half-way down the stair when, above the muffled roaring of the thunder, I distinctly heard the voice of Dr. Fu-Manchu! "My God!" shouted Smith, "perhaps they are trapped! The cave is only navigable at low tide and in calm weather!"
For many a day after Frank talked and laughed about that oddest of all fights, the one between the trapped fox and the fierce old wild cat. "Where are your singing birds?" said Sam one morning as he came in from having taken Wenonah and Roderick out for a drive with the dogs. "We have travelled over a dozen miles and have not heard a single bird song." "Only a whisky jack," said Roderick.
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