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Excerpt from The King's Highway, Vol. 2 of 2: A Novel
The words were perfectly distinct. Lord Sher brooke's hand, which had just seized the other pistol that the messenger had held out to him, suddenly let it drop upon the ground. It was not possible to see the expression of his face fully, for his head was turned away; but Wilton felt him grasp his arm as if for sup port, trembling in every limb.
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