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Rene Lalage made his way blindly up to the roof, where he lay breathless under the shadow of a chimney. It was too dark to study any further plan of escape, and too dark for a free dash for liberty.
A false step and he might be dashed to the ground. Better be caught and taken back to gaol than that.