Heavens! how stiff they are.

I wonder why the Fung don't grease them.

One door will do--never mind the other." Labouring furiously we got it undone and ajar.

So far as we could see there was no one in sight beyond.

Scared by our bullets or for other reasons of their own, the guard there appeared to have moved away.
"Shall we take the risk and ride for it ?" I suggested.
"No," answered Orme.