 | Arthur T. Poyser - 1908 - 334 pages
...husband, imitating his voice so well that no suspicions were aroused. She continues her narrative thus : " I then thought proper to make off also. I opened the door and stood half at it, that those in the outward chamber might hear what I said, but held it so close that they could... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Adventure and adventurers - 1910 - 270 pages
...as if we were conversing together till I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards. I then thought proper to make off also....close that they could not look in. I bade my lord a formal farewell for that night, and added, that something more than usual must have happened to make... | |
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I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards. I then thought proper to make off also. I opened the door, and stood half in it, that those in the outward chamber might hear what I said ; but held it so close that they could... 
