She was unusually pale, and her eyes were
brilliant. I thought perhaps you were staying with them, as you
did not seem particularly anxious to recognize your old friends. How old are you?’
‘I have nineteen years, and it is quite unimportant. One puts gloves on one’s greedy fingers. In any
case, there was no doing anything on a Sunday and Brewis Charvill, his main
quarry, had gone out of town unexpectedly. "
"A short man, isn't he, about your height, Sir,—with a yellow beard, and a face
as sly as a fox's?"
"Hem!" replied Wood, coughing slightly to conceal a smile; "the description's
not amiss. I'm safe enough if you hold your tongue. It is Thérèse. ’
The lady’s face came round, a puzzled frown on her brow. She barely heard a word that Martin or
Brown said, until Martin’s voice chimed. ’
She saw suspicion darken his gaze. It was still so dark, that nothing could be distinguished except
the heavy masses of timber by which the premises were surrounded; but as they
advanced, lights were visible in some of the windows. “I feel shabby and
disgraced. "
"What do you mean?" asked the female, in astonishment. "No such thing," rejoined the jailer; "he's coming on business.
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