Sacrilege
“As my face smacked into wet grass, my only confused thought was that Langworth must have recovered quicker than I could have imagined and had some other secret exit from the crypt that had allowed him to attack us on the way home. But the man now pinning me to the ground was too solid to be the treasurer, the arm that now tightened under my chin too meaty.
"Let's see who we have here then, sneaking around in the dead of night," said Tom Garth's voice.
I tried to lift my head and protest but he ...was holding me too tight and when I tried to speak no sound came. I was afraid he might choke me by accident, not knowing his own strength--a fitting retribution, I could not help thinking, after what I had done to Langworth--but just as I was beginning to see flashing lights before my eyes I heard Sophia say, calmly, "Let him go." Tom released his grip on my neck and lifted his weight from my torso; I gulped air desperately and tried to twist my head to see what gave her the confidence to command such a large man with such apparent coolness.MoreLess
"Let's see who we have here then, sneaking around in the dead of night," said Tom Garth's voice.
I tried to lift my head and protest but he ...was holding me too tight and when I tried to speak no sound came. I was afraid he might choke me by accident, not knowing his own strength--a fitting retribution, I could not help thinking, after what I had done to Langworth--but just as I was beginning to see flashing lights before my eyes I heard Sophia say, calmly, "Let him go." Tom released his grip on my neck and lifted his weight from my torso; I gulped air desperately and tried to twist my head to see what gave her the confidence to command such a large man with such apparent coolness.MoreLess
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