In Sight of St. Paul's — page 105: what you’re looking at

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100 ; BROKEN DOWN. whom he remembered so stalwart, so self-reliant, but he did his best to hide his emotion. ‘Don’t think anything more about that, father,”’ he said. ‘‘Let me take off your overcoat, and make you comfortable. ’’ The old gentleman made no demur. He was like a child in his weakness. As Tom removed the coat, something fell with a clang from one of the pockets. The young man stooped and picked it up, and, then, with a start of horror, wheeled about and looked at his father. It was a revolver! Mr. Chichester gave one glance at the weapon, and turned shiveringly from it. “Take it away, Tom! Hide it from me, for Heaven’s sake!”? ) Tom, with a heavy sigh, turned to Fletcher, who happened at that moment to be watching them, and beckoned him to him. ‘“‘Put this out of sight, old man,’’ he whispered, ‘and take care the girls don’t see it.”’ ‘‘T understand.’’ Gillie took the pistol, and with his back toward the window, where the girls were standing, examined it. It was loaded’! He looked round to see where he could hide it, and finally dropped it into one of the pockets of ‘Tom’s overcoat, which had been thrown over a chair. Gomicbooks: co 1.