Ffoulkes

"What ears you have," murmured Ffoulkes as he obeyed rapidly and without question.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

"You tackle the chest, Ffoulkes, and I will go for the desk," he said quietly, as soon as he had taken a rapid survey of the room.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

Ffoulkes had with perfect presence of mind put the finishing touches to the tidying of the room -- put the chairs straight, shut down the lid of the oak chest, closed all the drawers of the desk.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

Ffoulkes nodded, and anon in this squalid room, ill-lit, ill-ventilated, barely furnished, was presented one of the most curious spectacles of these strange and troublous times: two English gentlemen, the acknowledged dandies of London drawing-rooms, busy picking locks and filing hinges like any common house-thieves.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

"By placing yourselves unreservedly in my friend Ffoulkes 'hands," he replied gently.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

Then the two men lifted this inert mass on to the bed and Ffoulkes whispered anxiously: "Now, what next?"

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

"By Gad, Ffoulkes!" he said, "I believe I have got what we want!"

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

"I love to see those beggars scuttling off, like so many rats to their burrows, don't you, Ffoulkes?"

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

Ffoulkes was ready to complete the work of rendering the man helpless: one handkerchief made an efficient gag, another tied the ankles securely.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

Ffoulkes 'elegant coat fastened securely round his arms and chest.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906