At such times I could see his villainous face plainly, and, when the sulphur from the matches irritated his lungs, between the raspy cough that followed and the clammy mud in which I was lying, I confess I shivered harder than ever.

"Come out," said Mrs. Gibbs, in a raspy voice.

" He whirled about with a quick gesture of his hands, a harsh, raspy laugh that was very near a sob, and left her.