168 < 20 > HISTORY OF AN ABDUCTION She had not seen him for hundreds of years. He could not possibly lunge in the confined space, and so had nothing to do but back himself into the chapel as fast as he could. His mind was filled briefly with psychic images of a charnel house that danced like a spider in his head. She had a horrible glimpse of the once nice little old lady being also borne stationward, still faintly battling and very muddy—one lock of grayish hair straggling over her neck, her face scared, white, but triumphant. She pushed between the pews, hoping to reach the sword first, while desperately holding on to her petticoats to keep them up, as her sword arm wavered. The major might not indulge in this sort of flirtation in the ordinary way, but he had seen enough among his army colleagues to know just how to go about it. “So Brendon and I,” he said, “have been troubled with the same fears. Obey my orders, and you've nothing to fear. “Suppose I chuck it,” she remarked, standing with the mauve slip in her hand —“suppose I chuck it, and surrender and go home! Perhaps, after all, Roddy was right! “Father keeps opening the door and shutting it, but a time will come— “I could still go home!” She held Ramage’s check as if to tear it across. " "By my soul, no," replied Jonathan, with affected sincerity. What could she do? Reluctantly, at a second curt command, she began to step across the uncarpeted floor, her eyes never leaving the threatening pistol. But, in spite of his outcries and resistance, he was dragged along by Jonathan and his janizaries. He had, however, planned brilliant careers for his two sons, and, with a certain human amount of warping and delay, they were pursuing these.
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