After the robbery  (9)

 

After a while his feet found a road ,and he looked round and swa a house in the distance. He decided he would rather die near human beings than in a cold field, so he turned his steps towards the house. As he came nearer, he realixed that the house was familiar and he felt faint with terror. But where else could he go ?  With a last effort, he crawled up the path and knocked on the door, then fell exhausted on the step.

 

It was now mid- morning. Inside the house the men servants were still describing the night's adventrues to the cook and the servant girl, who gasped with appreciative horror at ebery exciting moment. They were all enjoying themselves very much - when there came a knock at the door. Pale with fright, they all stared at each other . Nobody was keen to answer the knock ,so eventrally they all went, including the dogs. Very cautiously, they opened the door , and saw nothing more alarming than poor Oliver, curled up in a sad little heapon the step.