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Updated: July 28, 2025
And, taking out his vestas, he struck one, and, holding it before him, went forward, passing through the breach in the broken wall into a stone passage which led to the left for a few yards and gave entrance to exactly what Gabrielle had expected a small, windowless stone chamber probably used in olden days as a dungeon.
Around the Christ, to prevent his escape, crowded the ruthless "Jews," who, in line with their parts, had marshaled ferocious scowls; and with the "Jews" came the vestas, their masks lowered now and their trains dropped and dragging through the puddles.
The lower slab was fitted with a walnut tobacco-jar and a pipe-rack, while on the upper slab were exquisite little recesses for cigars, cigarettes, matches, and ashes. These held respectively three cigars, two cigarettes, and four wax vestas. The smoking-table was an ornament to any room; and the first night I had it I raised my eyes from my book to look at it every few minutes.
It contained wax vestas, with curiously coloured purple heads, which on examination corresponded exactly with the matches he had picked up on the floor of the boot-box. "Oh," said Arthur to himself, very red in the face, "here's a go!" and he bolted up to his room.
I had out my matchbox, opened it at leisure, and, while the whole vaulting blackness seemed to tick and rustle with secret movement, took a half-dozen vestas into my hand, struck one alight, and, by its dim radiance, made my way through the building by the passages we had penetrated in the morning. If at all I shrank or perspired on my spectral journey, I swear I was not conscious of doing so.
I'd give a trifle for a torch." "We'll make one," said Jack. "There are heaps of dried sticks and grass about, and I've got some matches." He put his hand into an inner pocket of his tunic, and pulled out a waterproof metal box half full of vestas. "Good! good!" ejaculated Mr. Haydon. "I haven't had a match for a long time, and I'd forgotten you might have a few."
It 'ud be death to the women, sure, av " "Here you are!" shouted Tomlin in a burst of triumph, in spite of his naturally reserved disposition. He held up a box of vestas which, being a smoker, he fortunately had in his pocket. "I hope they ain't wet," remarked Black Ned, suggestively. "Wrap 'em well up," said Slag. Tomlin drew out his handkerchief and proceeded to do so.
Conscience-smitten and amazed Kirkwood stared on until, without warning, the match flickered and went out. Then, straightening up with an exclamation at once of annoyance and concern, he rattled the box; it made no sound, was empty. In disgust he swore it was the devil's own luck, that he should run out of vestas at a time so critical.
"Hand them over." "Yes; if I had been allowed a little more time I intended " "Never mind what you intended; we know what you did and that's enough," said Bickley as he snatched the packet from Bastin's hand and proceeded to undo it, adding, "By heaven! I have no matches, nor have you, Arbuthnot!" "I have a dozen boxes of wax vestas in my other pocket," said Bastin.
A minute later they were bending together over the contents of the dismantled safe. He was striking matches. By this time they were both on their knees. "You run through these papers, while I see what can be done with the despatch box," he whispered to her. Then he put the little package of vestas between them, so they might work by their own light.
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