Then, again, some one might happen to wander this way.
"It's best to be sure; to put it beyond human power to discover his
identity, and the only way to secure that end is to burn this place. Ay!
that is the surest and safest way to effectually conceal the crime."
He had muttered the words aloud, and they fell distinctly upon the ears
of Lester Armstrong, who had awakened at the sound of his footsteps the
second time, although he had given no sign of having done so. The words
fell with horrible dread upon his ears because of the fact that he was
bound hand and foot by an iron chain, fastened to a heavy ring in the
floor.
For the last week he had used every endeavor to force the links apart,
but they had frustrated his most strenuous efforts.
And he said to himself, if the fiend incarnate before him carried out
his intention of firing the place it would be all over with him. The
horrible smoke would assuredly suffocate him ere he could, even by
exerting the most Herculean strength, succeed in liberating himself.
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