| Wilkie Collins - 1856 - 394 Seiten
...'five hours, reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a housebreaker...saw the pipe , I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me ! To... | |
| Wilkie Collins - 1856 - 394 Seiten
...five hours, reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a housebreaker...saw the pipe , I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me ! To... | |
| 1852 - 1238 Seiten
...hourt, reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently, in doing it wiih all the dexterity of a housebreaker : and then looked...down into the street. To leap the distance beneath uie, would be almost certain destruction ! Next, I looked round at the sides of the house. Down the... | |
| 1896 - 216 Seiten
...five hours, reckoning by suspense, — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently,— in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker,...I saw the pipe, I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me! To some... | |
| 1901 - 206 Seiten
...window. I succeeded in doing it silently,—in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker,—and then looked down into the street. To leap the distance...I saw the pipe, I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me! To some... | |
| 1896 - 224 Seiten
...window. I succeeded in doing it silently,—in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker,—and then looked down into the street. To leap the distance...I saw the pipe, I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me! To some... | |
| William Patten - 1906 - 450 Seiten
...— five hours reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker...at the sides of the house. Down the left side ran a thick water-pipe — it passed close by the outer edge of the window. The moment I saw the pipe,... | |
| 1907 - 200 Seiten
...five hours, reckoning by suspense, — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently, — in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker,...I saw the pipe, I knew I was saved. My breath came and went freely for the first time since I had seen the canopy of the bed moving down upon me! To some... | |
| Joseph Lewis French - 1920 - 278 Seiten
...— five hours reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker...at the sides of the house. Down the left side ran a thick waterpipe — it passed close by the outer edge of the window. The moment I saw the pipe, I... | |
| Barrett Harper Clark, Maxim Lieber - 1925 - 1166 Seiten
...— five hours reckoning by suspense — to open that window. I succeeded in doing it silently — in doing it with all the dexterity of a house-breaker...at the sides of the house. Down the left side ran a thick water-pipe — it passed close by the outer edge of the window. The moment I saw the pipe,... | |
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