Mr. Montgomery took it to the window, and appeared to be
examining it carefully.
He stood with his back to Paul, but this did not excite suspicion
on the part of our hero.
"I am quite sure," he said, still standing with his back to Paul,
"that this will please my friend. From the instructions he gave
me, it is precisely what he wanted."
While uttering these words, he had drawn a sponge and a vial of
chloroform from his side pocket. He saturated the former from
the vial, and then, turning quickly, seized Paul, too much taken
by surprise to make immediate resistance, and applied the sponge
to his nose. When he realized that foul play was meditated, he
began to struggle, but he was in a firm grasp, and the chloroform
was already beginning to do its work. His head began to swim,
and he was speedily in a state of insensibility. When this was
accomplished, Mr. Felix Montgomery, eyeing the insensible boy
with satisfaction, put on his hat, walked quickly to the door,
which he locked on the outside, and made his way rapidly
downstairs. Leaving the key at the desk, he left the hotel and
disappeared.
Meanwhile Paul slowly recovered consciousness. As he came to
himself, he looked about him bewildered, not at first
comprehending where he was.
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