The Jekyll Revelation

by Robert Masello

willy-nilly on the floor, wherever they choose to throw down their grass mats, and so I had to tread lightly, and with care. In my haste, I stumbled over one or two of the houseboys, who grumbled and rolled over, and once in my study, I unlocked the case that holds my Colt rifle. Unreliable as it is, it still affords the best and only means of protection from threats more dire than a hot word or native curse. I loaded the black powder