He had very nearly cleared the board, when a knock was heard below, and descending at the summons, he found his two janizaries. But Melusine had overcome the weakness, calling the loss but a temporary setback. "Would you expose yourself to fresh risk? If it hadn't been for her you wouldn't have been placed in your late jeopardy. She attacked me with a carving-knife, and, when I had disarmed her, the jade bit off a couple of fingers from my left hand. Sometimes she missed her cue and nodded affirmatively when the gesture should have been the reverse; and Prudence would send her a sharp glance of disapproval. “I am tired,” she said, “and I want to rest. No sooner had they entered the room than Sharples, who waited to usher them in, hastily retreated, closed the door, and turning the key, laughed loudly at the success of his stratagem.
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