Or you might knock loose a plank or two in the bottom.

Anyhow, you'll have to hold him up long enough for me to pull out his stakes." Thirlwell, burning with indignation, found it hard to keep still.

It was a cunning plot, because a few days' delay might enable Stormont to re-stake the ground and file his record first.

If this were done, Agatha would have to bear the disadvantage of challenging his claim and, if the law expenses were heavy, might be forced to compromise.

Still, he controlled his rage.
"The thing's not as easy as it looks," Drummond replied.