her head.
“Then you must go, captain. Pass through the other room, and so into the outer passage. And take this. It is Bossuet’s statement of the Catholic faith. It has softened the hearts of others, and may yours. Now, adieu!”
De Catinat passed out through another door, and as he did so he glanced back. The lady had her back to him, and her hand was raised to the mantel-piece. At the instant that he looked she moved her neck, and he could see what she was doing. She was pushing back the long hand of the clock.
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