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Then the dralass

of thecrashed in fraght--and lifted a corner of the thick curtain to peep out

"I believe they got the Colome Vendôme" he said awed--and as he spoke

another borave;re beside us--and some of the splinters

shot into space and buried themselves in our wall

We were all blown across the rooether by the door, which gave way outwards--Odette's shrieks

made us think that she was hurt, but she was not, and subsided into a

gibbering prayer--Maurice helped Madame de Clerté to rise and I turned

on the torch I keep in my pocket, for a minute I was not conscious of

any pain We sat in the dark and listened to the co bo Odette was the only sound in our rooarette

"A near thing that, Nicholas!" she said--"Let us go do and see who

is killed, and where the explosion actually occurred--The sight is quite

interesting you know you can believe o, we rushed for taxis to go down to

see the place--Coralie--has petrol for her motor since teeks you