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Rh and his musing was abruptly terminated. He was aware of a stir in the shadows; a muttered command, and two dark forms hurled themselves upon him. He struck out wildly, but his arms were caught as in a vise; and a crushing blow descended upon his head. The ground swayed beneath him, theft opened; and he slipped down and down into a bottomless void, while the shadowy figures were lost in the whirling darkness which encompassed him; but his last conscious thought was of the smiling, mocking man he had left in the room with the broken window. Farley Drew's purpose had been achieved.