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Mr Harris opened his book again, but he didn't read it. He watched Carl's face, with its hungry eyes and its cold smile.
'What beautiful, beautiful diamonds!' Carl said. 'I can get a lot of money for these.'
'Give them back to me, Carl,' Elena whispered. 'My husband's going to kill me. You're my brother . . . Please help me. Please!'
Carl laughed again, and Mr Harris ... asked liked wanted felt to hit him.
'Go home, little ... brother sister husband wife , 'Carl said. 'I'm not going to ... give take bring put the diamonds back to you. Go ... house live home up to your angry husband.'
Suddenly there ... is are was were a knife in the young woman's ... hand. leg. foot. arm. A long, bright knife. Mr Harris ... saw looked watched told with his mouth open. He couldn't ... eat drink hear speak or move.
'Give the diamonds back ... in for at to me!' Elena cried. Or I'm going ... for to now want kill you! Her hand on the ... bag train man knife was white.
Carl laughed and laughed.' ... How Why Where What a sister!' he said. 'What a ... kind old new dead sweet sister! No, they're my diamonds ... not. then. look. now. Put your knife away, little sister.'
... But And So When the knife in the white hand ... went came looked moved quickly: up, then down. There was ... a to too the long, terrible cry, and Carl's body ... sat fell was went slowly on to the seat. The ... colour back train knife of the seat began to change ... for at in to red, and the diamond necklace fell ... into at for from Carl's hand on to the floor.
... Elena's Carl's Mr Harris's His face was white. 'Oh no!' she ... sang. smiled. whispered. laughed. 'Carl! Come back . . . come back! I ... did didn't was wasn't want to kill you!' But Carl ... wasn't was didn't did answer, and the red blood ran ... onto early late slowly over the floor. Elena put her ... arm hair head brother in her hands, and again in ... a this the our carriage there was a long, terrible ... wait. sleep. man. cry.
Mr Harris's face was white too. ... They She He When opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak. He stood up, and carefully moved to the door. The young woman was quiet now. She didn't move or look up at Mr Harris.
'RUN!' the man thought. 'Move! Faster! I can't stop now.'
Over the man's head the night sky was black and cold, and in front of him were the trees. Tall, dark trees . . . five hundred metres away.
'I can hide there,' ... a an the one man thought. 'I can hide in ... them those that there trees. They can't see me in ... the them these any trees.'
He looked behind him. He ... can could should would see the lights. There were five ... too and or but six men. They ran fast, and ... his they our their lights moved up and down. They ... were was wasn't weren't not far away now. He could ... listen watch hear know their feet on the ground.
The ... man woman boy girl ran faster. His legs were tired, ... its her his my body was tired. There were noises ... on at of in his head, he could not see. ... The A Them That trees were two hundred metres away. ... Man He Him His wanted to stop running. He wanted ... to for so at lie down and sleep.
Then he ... heard hearing hears hear a new noise. Dogs.
'They've got ... dog!' dog's!' a dog!' dogs!' he thought. 'Oh no! Not dogs! ... Me I My Mine can't run faster.' .
But he did. ... Fast Fastest Faster More fast and faster. The trees were a ... hundred hundreds lot many metres away . . . fifty . . . twenty . . .
And then ... it he they dogs was there. The trees opened their ... light tall bright dark arms to him. But he did ... no none not never stop running. It was dark and ... quiet quite loud noise under the trees. He ran first ... at in to on the left, and then to the ... up. down. front. right. He came to a hill, and ... since for from to a second or two he stopped ... so but too and listened.
Nothing. Then he heard the ... lights dogs sky trees again, but he could not see ... some the a these lights.
'Don't stop now,' he thought. ... 'It 'Dogs 'I 'Men don't need eyes. They can find you in the dark.'
Quickly he ran down the hill. It was very dark here, and he could not see very well. He ran into a tree and nearly broke his arm.
'Careful!' he thought. 'Careful.' He put his hands out in front of him, and ran more slowly. Then he heard a new noise. Water.