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CHAPTER VIII ON THE IRON WIRE
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The door behind which Dorothy was hiding herself shut badly. Having pushed it to gently, she not only saw but heard everything that took place, except that the face of Juliet Assire remained hidden from her. The ruffian's threat did not trouble her much, for she knew that he would not put it into execution. In fact d'Estreicher counted up to twenty without the old woman having uttered a word. But her resistance infuriated him to such a degree that, dropping the mass of iron, he seized the hand of Juliet Assire and twisted it violently. Juliet Assire yelled with pain.
"Ah, you're beginning to understand, are you?" he said. "Perhaps you'll answer.... Where is the medal?"
She was silent.
He gave her hand another twist.
The old woman fell on her knees and begged for mercy incoherently.
"Speak!" he cried. "Speak! I'll go on twisting till you speak!"
"What's that you say? Speak more distinctly, will you? Do you want me to give it another twist?"
"In the river? What nonsense! You threw it into the river? You're laughing at me!"
He held her down with one knee on her chest, their hands clenched5 round one another. From her post of observation Dorothy watched them, horror-stricken, powerless against these two men, but nevertheless unable to resign herself to inaction.
He made a quick movement which drew a cry from Juliet Assire. And all at once she raised herself, showed her face convulsed with terror, moved her lips, and succeeded in stuttering:
"The c—c—cupboard ... the cupboard ... the flagstones."
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