Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


She lay, crumpled and quivering, in hunting costume complete, save for
the pair of tiny bronze spurs held over her in anguished impotence by
the frightened maid.


His examination was quick. Paula breathed, although she was
unconscious. From front to back, on the left side, the bullet had torn
through. His next spring was to the telephone, and as he waited the
delay of connecting through the house central he prayed that Hennessy
would be at the stallion barn. A stable boy answered, and, while he
ran to fetch the veterinary, Dick ordered Oh Joy to stay by the
switches, and to send Oh My to him at once.

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