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  • There, "he went on, as a sharp click was heard," I have got the darbys on him.

    Colonel Thorndyke's Secret 1867

  • "I took good care of that, Squire; you see I put one of his arms round the bedpost before I slipped the darbys on, and he cannot get away unless he takes the whole bed with him; and as I don't think he would get it out either by the window or the door, he is as safe here as he would be in Newgate.

    Colonel Thorndyke's Secret 1867

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