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“Cecily was most impressed with the way her manager grasped the colonel’s upraised arm, narrowly avoiding being sliced by the saber. She did have a nasty moment or two when it looked as if the colonel’s strange fit had endowed him with extra strength and would overpower the larger man.
But then Arthur leapt into the fray, drawing a gasp of admiration from Phoebe. Her eyes glittered with all the excitement.
Between them the two men managed to subdue the crazed colonel, who seemed to deflate right in front of their eyes once he was relieved of his weapon.
“Baxter,” Cecily said, feeling a trifle shaky at the knees, “would you be so kind as to escort Colonel Fortescue to his room? I’ll go and ask Mrs. Chubb for one of her powders. It will ensure him of a good night’s sleep, at least. I will see how he is in the morning before I decide what should be done.”
Baxter nodded his agreement and took hold of the now complacent, if somewhat dazed-looking, colonel. “Come along, sir,”
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