The Sword of Straw
The Sword of Straw
“He was alone now except for the dog, who stood by one of the windows, staring through the latticed panes with cocked ears and a faint stirring of the hackles on his neck. When Bartlemy joined him, he thought he saw a movement outside—the branches of a nearby shrub twitched, new leaves shivered as if in the wake of something, but whatever it was, it had gone too swiftly for him to have even a glimpse of it. “Something small, I think,” Bartlemy mused. “Smaller than a human.” Hoover glanced up at ...his master, his shaggy face alarmingly intelligent. “Well, well,” Bartlemy said. “I see.”
When the darkness deepened he swept the hearth and laid a fire that wasn’t made of coals. Presently pale flames leapt up, casting a flickering glow that played with the shadows rather than dispersing them. Bartlemy threw a powder on the flames, which smothered them into smoke. The chimney was blocked and the air in the room thickened, till the eyes of both man and dog grew red from the sting of it.MoreLess
When the darkness deepened he swept the hearth and laid a fire that wasn’t made of coals. Presently pale flames leapt up, casting a flickering glow that played with the shadows rather than dispersing them. Bartlemy threw a powder on the flames, which smothered them into smoke. The chimney was blocked and the air in the room thickened, till the eyes of both man and dog grew red from the sting of it.MoreLess
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