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trembling, with Sylvia by her side. ‘Accept, Mr. Bates,’ she
said, ‘since it must be so. We should gain nothing by refus-
ing. We are at their mercy—God help us!’
‘Amen to that,’ says Bates under his breath, and then
aloud, ‘We agree !’
‘Put your pistols on the table, and come up, then,’ says
Rex, covering the table with his musket as he spoke. ‘And
nobody shall hurt you.’
1 For the Term of His Natural Life
