Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 499
ed hisface with his hands. I closed my eyes.Only one side of theladder was nowagainst the cliff. Iwas half turnedagain, my right sidewas drawn down tillmy hand was pressedagainst my chest.Down I went. Theair whizzed in myears. I clutched the ladder as drowning men clutch whatever theygrasp. I had… … THERE WAS A CRASH.IN THE der had caught for an instant, and then had broken in the middle. Down I plunged again; but my fall was broken, and I was thrown on to a ledge against the wall. My resting-place was little wider than my body, and I lay upon it lengthwise. For a moment mybreath was gone,…
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