The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs Author
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
2021-04-11 19:14:30
The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs Author
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
2021-04-11 19:14:30
As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated bodyinto the small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horridevidence which might easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into achair and throwin...
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As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated bodyinto the small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horridevidence which might easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into achair and throwing his body forward upon his great, teak desk buried his face in hisarms, breaking into dry, moaning sobs.Beads of perspiration followed the seams of his high, wrinkled forehead,replacing the tears which might have lessened the pressure upon his overwroughtnerves. His slender frame shook, as with ague, and at times was racked by aconvulsive shudder. A sudden step upon the stairway leading to his workshopbrought him trembling and wide eyed to his feet, staring fearfully at the locked andbolted door.
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