Stories tagged “benton”
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Sunday Worst
“Benton!” cried the nanny, rushing at once to his side. The man had fallen facedown like a corpse across his breakfast, one hand in his lap and the other stretched across the table, contorted painfully as if clutching the throat of an invis...
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Benton Wakes Up
Benton’s voice had a strange, strangled sound to it. Neither Nanny Annie nor Aveline could quite figure out what he was saying. Suddenly, the winds outside picked up in intensity. Nanny Annie seemed oblivious to it, still bent over the prone man....