large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb_174
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb
English
9146
It was at this instant that my unfortunate husband entered the room. He had evidently heard some suspicious sounds, and he came prepared for such a scene as he found. He was dressed in nightshirt and trousers, with his favourite blackthorn cudgel in his hand. IT WAS AT THIS INSTANT THAT MY UNFORTUNATE HUSBAND ENTERED THE ROOM HE HAD EVIDENTLY HEARD SOME SUSPICIOUS SOUNDS AND HE CAME PREPARED FOR SUCH A SCENE AS HE FOUND HE WAS DRESSED IN NIGHT SHIRT AND TROUSERS WITH HIS FAVOURITE BLACKTHORN CUDGEL IN HIS HAND
overed with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blow upon my face and realized that it was open. I flung the curtain aside and found myself face to face with a broad shouldered elderly man, who had just stepped into the room. The window is a long French one, which really forms a door leading to the lawn. I held my bedroom candle lit in my hand, and, by its light, behind the first man I saw two others, who were in the act of entering. I stepped back, but the fellow was on me in an instant. He caught me first by the wrist and then by the throat. I opened my mouth to scream, but he struck me a savage blow with his fist over the eye, and felled me to the ground. I must have been unconscious for a few minutes, for when I came to myself, I found that they had torn down the bell-rope, and had secured me tightly to the oaken chair which stands at the head of the dining-table. I was so firmly bound that I could not move, and a handkerchief round my mouth prevented me from uttering a sound. D THE WINDOW WHICH IS COVERED WITH THICK CURTAINS I SUDDENLY FELT THE WIND BLOW UPON MY FACE AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS OPEN I FLUNG THE CURTAIN ASIDE AND FOUND MYSELF FACE TO FACE WITH A BROAD SHOULDERED ELDERLY MAN WHO HAD JUST STEPPED INTO THE ROOM THE WINDOW IS A LONG FRENCH ONE WHICH REALLY FORMS A DOOR LEADING TO THE LAWN I HELD MY BEDROOM CANDLE LIT IN MY HAND AND BY ITS LIGHT BEHIND THE FIRST MAN I SAW TWO OTHERS WHO WERE IN THE ACT OF ENTERING I STEPPED BACK BUT THE FELLOW WAS ON ME IN AN INSTANT HE CAUGHT ME FIRST BY THE WRIST AND THEN BY THE THROAT I OPENED MY MOUTH TO SCREAM BUT HE STRUCK ME A SAVAGE BLOW WITH HIS FIST OVER THE EYE AND FELLED ME TO THE GROUND I MUST HAVE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS FOR A FEW MINUTES FOR WHEN I CAME TO MYSELF I FOUND THAT THEY HAD TORN DOWN THE BELL ROPE AND HAD SECURED ME TIGHTLY TO THE OAKEN CHAIR WHICH STANDS AT THE HEAD OF THE DINING TABLE I WAS SO FIRMLY BOUND THAT I COULD NOT MOVE AND A HANDKERCHIEF ROUND MY MOUTH PREVENTED ME FROM UTTERING A SOUND
large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9146/troubledmarriages_1406_librivox_64kb_mp3/troubledmarriages_04_various_64kb.flac