The Baron Goes East (2014)
“Blood. As far as Mannering could see, it came from a wound in his forehead. His eyes were closed, and he didn’t move although he moaned again.
Mannering looked towards the light. He could see the dark figure behind it, but nothing was clear.
The light shone on him again, and he blinked. Whoever carried the torch held it steady for a few seconds, then made the beam travel down to Mannering’s legs. The cord showed; so did the foot or so of space between his ankles and the wall; one end was tied to a ring. The light went out.
The man turned and walked away, and soon there was no sound but Phiroshah’s occasional groaning; no light but the glim a long way off.
Mannering lay back with his eyes closed and pictured the way the cord was fastened to the wall. The knot was on the right side, closest to the wall. The important thing to ease his position was to get it off the ring; that would be easier than getting it off his ankle.
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