Excerpt from Two in Captivity Lord bir on an afternoon in June tried to kill his friend Lewis Krehl. Now, in the accounts of men, Krehl was no coward. If, when the bullet sang among the roses, Lady Bir had called on him to save himself, it may be that he would not have stirred from the terrace. But Lady Bir did not speak: she seemed for the moment not to comprehend that this murderous thing had been done; and Krehl, the instinct of self-preservation flaming within him, fled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.