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Dornford Yates
Adèle and Co
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338106674
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Chapter I
We Sup with the Devil
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I afterwards found that it was six o'clock in the morning when first I opened my eyes.
I immediately shut them again, not because of what I saw--though that was enough to make any man cover his face--but because the impression that a red-hot skewer had been suddenly passed through my head was overwhelming. I can describe the pain in no other way.
Almost at once, however, the emotions of curiosity, horror and alarm furiously demanded the truth, and, after bracing myself, I opened my eyes again.
To my infinite relief I almost immediately discovered that it was not the opening of my eyes, but their movement which caused the torment which I have sought to describe, and, without more ado, I proceeded to look about me, cautiously moving my head, like some mechanical doll, but keeping my eyes as still as those of statuary.