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murdering me! Go round to the room and pull 

 at me legs if you want to pull. Maybe you'll 

 get me in, for, be the powers, you may pull till 

 you're black but you'll never get me out." 



" Right," said Bobby. 



He ran round, entered the bedroom, which 

 was in darkness owing to the occlusion of the 

 window, groped for the afflicted one's legs, found 

 them, and pulled. Loud bellows from the night 

 outside was the only result. First he pulled face 

 fronting the window and with one foot against 

 the wall for purchase, then with his back to Giveen 

 and with one leg under each arm, pulling Hke a 

 horse in the shafts, he pulled. 



" Good Lord! " said Mr Dashwood at last, 

 taking his seat on the bed and wiping the perspira- 

 tion from his brow. " / don't know what we're 

 to do with the bounder unless we pull the cottage 

 down." 



