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The Torch and Other Tales

The Torch and Other Tales

Phillpotts, Eden

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ISBN10: 1153723603
ISBN13: 9781153723602
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.35 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Excerpt: ...doctor, said John, and I can't leave her, for she may die in my arms, so you must go; and best to run as never you run before. Go straight through Dean Wood and don't draw breath till you've got to the man. She was up and rayed in less than no time and away quick-footed through the forest; and so swift had been her actions that she hoped to cheat her own fear of the darkness and get through Dean Woods afore she had time to quail. But you can't hoodwink Nature that way, and not long afore the trees had swallowed her up Millicent felt nameless dread pulling at her heart and all her senses tingling with terror. She kept her mind on her mother, however, and sped on with her face set before her, though a thousand instincts cried to her to look behind for the nameless things that might be following after. 'Twas a frosty night with a winter moon high in the sky, and Millicent, who knew the Woodman's Path blindfold, much wished it had been darker, for the moonlight was strong enough to show queer faces in every tree-hole and turn the shadows from 152 the trees into monsters upon her path at every yard. She prayed as she went along. My duty

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