When London Sleeps — page 137: what you’re looking at

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132 THE SCENT OF DANGER. his purpose. Surely no woman ever had a braver or more devoted lover. He was worthy in every respect of the lady of his heart, the lovely girl who had given herself into his keeping. _ Mr. Fuller was impressed, and yet, cautious as he was by nature and training, he shook his head despondently. “You will be but one against many.”’’ “T do not fear them!’’ cried David, in clarion tones of defiance. ‘‘Let them but bar my way, and they shall see what a single arm, hardened by manly training and cleanly living, can do against their shattered frames, weakened in the unhallowed sin ofa great city! It will be God help those who seek to keep her from me!”’ co micbooks.co