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CHAPTER XXVII. THE SIEGE OF KEMP’SHOUSEKemp’s eyes. He shaded his eyes and tried to see thesource of the blinding beam."Surely!" he said, "Adye has given up the revolver.""Promise not to rush the door," Adye was saying."Don’t push a winning game too far. Give a man achance.""You go back to the house. I tell you flatly I will notpromise anything."Adye’s decision seemed suddenly made. He turnedtowards the house, walking slowly with his hands behindhim. Kemp watched him–puzzled. The revolvervanished, flashed again into sight, vanished again, andbecame evident on a closer scrutiny as a little dark objectfollowing Adye. Then things happened very quickly.Adye leapt backwards, swung around, clutched at this littleobject, missed it, threw up his hands and fell forwardon his face, leaving a little puff of blue in the air. Kempdid not hear the sound of the shot. Adye writhed, raisedhimself on one arm, fell forward, and lay still.For a space Kemp remained staring at the quiet carelessnessof Adye’s attitude. The afternoon was very hotand still, nothing seemed stirring in all the world savea couple of yellow butterflies chasing each other through248
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SIEGE OF KEMP’SHOUSEthe shrubbery between the house and the road gate. Adyelay on the lawn near the gate. The blinds of all the villasdown the hill-road were drawn, but in one little greensummer-house was a white figure, apparently an old manasleep. Kemp scrutinised the surroundings of the housefor a glimpse of the revolver, but it had vanished. Hiseyes came back to Adye. The game was opening well.Then came a ringing and knocking at the front door,that grew at last tumultuous, but pursuant to Kemp’s instructionsthe servants had locked themselves into theirrooms. This was followed by a silence. Kemp sat listeningand then began peering cautiously out of the threewindows, one after another. He went to the staircasehead and stood listening uneasily. He armed himself withhis bedroom poker, and went to examine the interior fasteningsof the ground-floor windows again. Everythingwas safe and quiet. He returned to the belvedere. Adyelay motionless over the edge of the gravel just as he hadfallen. Coming along the road by the villas were thehousemaid and two policemen.Everything was deadly still. The three people seemedvery slow in approaching. He wondered what his antagonistwas doing.249
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CHAPTER XXVII. THE SIEGE OF KEMP’S
HOUSE
the shrubbery between the house and the road gate. Adye
lay on the lawn near the gate. The blinds of all the villas
down the hill-road were drawn, but in one little green
summer-house was a white figure, apparently an old man
asleep. Kemp scrutinised the surroundings of the house
for a glimpse of the revolver, but it had vanished. His
eyes came back to Adye. The game was opening well.
Then came a ringing and knocking at the front door,
that grew at last tumultuous, but pursuant to Kemp’s instructions
the servants had locked themselves into their
rooms. This was followed by a silence. Kemp sat listening
and then began peering cautiously out of the three
windows, one after another. He went to the staircase
head and stood listening uneasily. He armed himself with
his bedroom poker, and went to examine the interior fastenings
of the ground-floor windows again. Everything
was safe and quiet. He returned to the belvedere. Adye
lay motionless over the edge of the gravel just as he had
fallen. Coming along the road by the villas were the
housemaid and two policemen.
Everything was deadly still. The three people seemed
very slow in approaching. He wondered what his antagonist
was doing.
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