There was a verandah around the southwest corner, which was the part of the house nearest to him, but all the windows around it seemed to be empty and dark. It was brooding and morose, with ranks of chimneys and twisting rivers of leafless creeper down every wall.
The house itself was much larger than he had anticipated. A freight train hooted mournfully in the distance and up above the clouds a jet scratched its way across the night sky. Through the trees he could see twinkling lights from the Semple mansion, but there was no sound at all, and no sign of the prowling guard dogs. He sat astride the wall, winding the rope and catching his breath. In three minutes he had scrambled up to the top. He listened again, holding his breath, but the Semple estate was silent. Low clouds were still obscuring the moon, and he had to blink a few times to accustom his eyes to the darkness. breath steamed as he climbed out of the car and gently clicked the door shut behind him. I'm only going to take a quick look around the grounds and maybe a fast check through the windows." Christ, Maggie, I'm not going to burglarize the place. Semples mistakenly took me for a prowler. All I have to say is that I was paying her a visit, and that the. "It won't do that, even if I'm caught red-handed.
The lighted window was now only two or three feet away, and he could hear voices more distinctly and the creak of floorboards as someone walked around in the room.
MIDDLEMAN CSGO FULL
He pressed on it with more weight, and then decided to try his luck and stand on it with both feet with his full 192 pounds. Further along it was rusted through, but from the verandah roof to the bay window it looked as if it was reasonably intact.
"You really fell head over heels this time, didn't you?"Īt last he was able to reach out his left foot and cautiously test the guttering.
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