‘Do you think I am a child? To attach them to Leah’s limbs, I used an endless band of the strongest and softest silk rope that I could get made. xxx18 To attach them to Leah’s limbs, I used an endless band of the strongest and softest silk rope that I could get made. you cowardly brute and beast!’ And she laughed shrilly as she turned herself away contemptuously. ‘I have deliberately planned this revenge! Look!’ And I proceeded to reveal to her astonished eyes the mechanism concealed in the furniture, etc. Presently the clock chimed the half-hour. All the ropes and straps were fitted with swivel snap-hooks. How could she yield herself up to me? Oh! But at that moment came another flash of lightning, blinding in its intensity, and almost simultaneously a roar
