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I fainted once more, but again it could only have been for a very few minutes during which I was insensible. I FAINTED ONCE MORE BUT AGAIN IT COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN FOR A FEW MINUTES DURING WHICH I WAS INSENSIBLE
ck, 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. 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. He rushed at the burglars, but another--it was an elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the grate and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. He fell with a groan and never moved again. T 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 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 HE RUSHED AT THE BURGLARS BUT ANOTHER IT WAS AN ELDERLY MAN STOOPED PICKED THE POKER OUT OF THE GRATE AND STRUCK HIM A HORRIBLE BLOW AS HE PASSED HE FELL WITH A GROAN NEVER MOVED AGAIN
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