Pelham — Volume 05Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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Pelham — Volume 05
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Adventure stories; English fiction -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
We carried the corpse to Dawson's house. The poor wife was in fits. We
heard her scream as we laid the body upon a table in the parlour.
"What more can be done?" said Lord Chester.
"Nothing," was the general answer. No excitation makes the English people
insensible to the chance of catching cold!
"Let us go home, then, and send to the nearest magistrate," exclaimed our
host: and this proposal required no repetition.
On our way, Chester said to me, "That fellow Dawson looked devilish
uneasy--don't you still suspect him and his friend?"
"I do not!" answered I, emphatically.
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