And catching hold of Thames, he quitted the
deck. ”
Anna hesitated no longer. What was he doing? What was he thinking? It was less
than a day now, less than twenty hours. ’
‘So this is the way you serve me,’ exclaimed Melusine, her quick temper
flaring as she jumped up, slammed her hands on the desk and leaned towards
him over it. ”
Anna showed him the way. Further on, there were impressions
of bloody footsteps along the floor. “Tell your sister she was right to shoot, quite right. White,” she remarked. The blue jowl,
the fat-lidded eyes—now merry, now alert, now tungsten hard—the bullet head,
the pudgy fingers and the square-toed shoes were all in conformation with the
doctor's olden mental picture. When first brought under consideration, she was a miserable and forlorn
object; squalid in attire, haggard in looks, and emaciated in frame. "As long as I live, I'll never forget that dress of hers," Prudence declared. Presently she became aware of footsteps hurrying after her, and glanced back
to find Miss Klegg, a little out of breath, in pursuit. He had assumed that her leaving home was the point at issue, that
everything turned on that, and that the sole alternative was obedience, and she
had fallen in with that assumption until rebellion seemed a sacred principle. The sing-song girl rose and meekly pattered out of the office into the
night. The chair, meanwhile, with its unhappy load, was transported at a brisk pace to
Newgate.
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