Chapter 69
Welcoming Mary late at night had been the last part of the whole program to be deployed. By the time Mary and Holmes arrived at the hillside near the Hamp family home in the darkness of the night, all the men were already in position - standing on the hillside just in time to see the lights of the Hamp family mansion lit up. As the client, Mr. Thornton could not sleep well tonight, and he was so uneasy that he took upon himself the duty of accompanying Hamp, lest his fear of death should expose him at the critical moment. Now Hamp's figure was sitting beside the window, and I was afraid that Mr. Thornton was responsible for 80% of it. Higgins, who had provided the sniper's point a few days before, was also uneasy, and pulled Butcher together to hide in the bushes at the bottom of the h
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