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Then I gathered up a few plates and pots of silver, to carry out the idea of the robbery, and there I left them, with orders to give the alarm when I had a quarter of an hour's start. THEN I GATHERED UP A FEW PLATES AND POTS OF SILVER TO CARRY OUT THE IDEA OF THE ROBBERY AND THERE I LEFT THEM WITH ORDERS TO GIVE THE ALARM AND I HAD A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S START
ent through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin. Do you think I was sorry? Not I! It was his life or mine, but far more than that, it was his life or hers, for how could I leave her in the power of this madman? That was how I killed him. Was I wrong? well, then, what would either of you gentlemen have done, if you had been in my position? 'She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa down from the room above. There was a bottle of wine on the sideboard, and I opened it and poured a little between Mary's lips, for she was half dead with shock. Then I took a drop myself. Theresa was as cool as ice, and it was her plot as much as mine. We must make it appear that burglars had done the thing. Theresa kept on repeating our story to her mistress, while I swarmed up and cut the rope of the bell. Then I lashed her in her chair, and frayed out the end of the rope to make it look natural, else they would wonder how in the world a burglar could have got up there to cut it. ST BOW FELL THEN IT WAS MY TURN AND I WENT THROUGH HIM AS IF HE HAD BEEN A ROTTEN PUMPKIN DO YOU THINK I'M SORRY NO I IT WAS HIS LIFE OR MINE BUT FAR MORE THAN THAT IT WAS HIS LIFE OR HERS FOR HOW COULD I LEAVE HER IN THE POWER OF THIS MADMAN THAT WAS HOW I KILLED HIM WAS I WRONG WELL THEN WHAT WOULD EITHER OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD BEEN IN MY POSITION SHE SCREAMED WHEN HE STRUCK HER AND THAT BROUGHT OLD TERESA DOWN FROM THE ROOM ABOVE THERE WAS A BOTTLE OF WINE ON THE SIDEBOARD AND I OPENED IT AND POURED A LITTLE BETWEEN MARY'S LIPS FOR SHE WAS HALF DEAD WITH SHOCK THEN I TOOK A DROP MYSELF TERESA WAS AS COOL AS EYES AND IT WAS HER PLOT AS MUCH AS MINE WE MUST MAKE IT APPEAR THAT BURGLERS HAD DONE THE THING TERESA KEPT ON REPEATING HER STORY TO HER MISTRESS WHILE I SWARMED UP AND CUT THE ROPE AT A BELL THEN I LASHED HER IN HER CHAIR AND FRAYED OUT THE END OF THE ROPE TO MAKE IT LOOK NATURAL ELSE THEY WOULD WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD A BURGLAR COULD HAVE GOT UP THERE TO CUT IT
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