He did
not pocket it, but sat hefting it lightly from hand to hand, watching the girl
thoughtfully. "With the help of his comrade, Jack
Sheppard, the young rascal made a bold push to get out of the round-house,
where my janizaries had lodged him, and would have succeeded too, if, by good
luck,—for the devil never deserts so useful an agent as I am, Sir Rowland,—I
hadn't arrived in time to prevent him. Gerald looked at it, then at her face. Still he looked hale and hearty,
and the country life he led had imparted a ruddier glow to his cheek. ”
“A little pit!” said Ann Veronica; “a little prison!”
“It’s just as often a little refuge. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect. "
"But you will,—won't you?" she rejoined, looking him coaxingly in the face. A light was visible in the garret,
feebly struggling through the damp atmosphere, for the night was raw and
overcast. Near the
body, which, it will be surmised, was that of Abraham Mendez, two ruffianly
personages were seated, quietly smoking, and bestowing no sort of attention
upon the new-comers. Let us have no more of this
humbug. But we have got to talk
upon indifferent themes until we have done with this blond young gentleman
from Bavaria. Suffer me to
precede you. Escape was now impossible. I know all about it.
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