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Suddenly Hanaud leaned out of the

"It comes! it comes!" he said in a quick, feverish whisper "I can

see the cab between the shrubs of the drive"

"Let it come!" said Mr Ricardo superbly

Even as he sat he could hear the grating of wheels upon the drive

He saw Hanaud lean farther from theand stamp impatiently

upon the floor

"There it is at the door," he said; and for a few seconds he spoke

nohis head, with his

back towards Ricardo

Then, with a wild and startled cry, he staggered back into the

room His face hite as wax, his eyes full of horror, his