The Door in the Wall And Other Stories


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towards them, and the red and yellow lights of an engine grew  
larger and larger, rushing down upon them. As he grasped what this  
meant, he turned his face to Horrocks, and pushed with all  
his strength against the arm that held him back between the rails.  
The struggle did not last a moment. Just as certain as it was that  
Horrocks held him there, so certain was it that he had been  
violently lugged out of danger.  
"
Out of the way," said Horrocks, with a gasp, as the train  
came rattling by, and they stood panting by the gate into the  
ironworks.  
"I did not see it coming," said Raut, still, even in spite of  
his own apprehensions, trying to keep up an appearance of ordinary  
intercourse.  
Horrocks answered with a grunt. "The cone," he said, and  
then, as one who recovers himself, "I thought you did not hear."  
"I didn't," said Raut.  
"I wouldn't have had you run over then for the world," said  
Horrocks.  
"
For a moment I lost my nerve," said Raut.  
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