The Rajah's Fortress — page 237: what you’re looking at

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224 THE RAJAH’S FORTRESS. violence, and Guy began to think that he had caught a tartar. They lay half under the folds of the curtain and at the very mouth of the cavern, so that Guy could actually see the light of the fire and the shadows cast by Topee and Chauner as they moved about. If he could only have called to the Chinaman ! But that was out of the question. The faintest outcry would have brought in the guards, and, in fact, as it was, he might be discovered at any mo- ment. The struggle must end one way or another, and, setting his teeth harder, Guy forced the dacoit, who had half risen, down to the ground again. The spasmodic struggles suddenly ceased, and, thrown off his guard by the impression that his foe was losing consciousness, Guy very perceptibly loosened his hold. It wasa grave mistake. With one sudden, light- ning-like effort the wily scamp turned like an eel, and, taking Guy completely by surprise, the situa- tion was reversed in an instant, and Chutney found himself undermost. He still kept his grip on the fellow’s throat, so that no outcry was possible, and, though the dacoit’s eyes seemed starting from his head, he coolly fastened one hand on Guy’s throat, while with the other he fumbled in his tunic ina manner which left no room for doubt as to the object of the movement. He was searching for his knife. What Guy felt in that short interval le can never CONMUC WOO SS co