He dressed rather after the fashion of the West End than the City, and
affected a cultured urbanity that somehow disconcerted and always annoyed Ann
Veronica’s father extremely. ’
‘Begging your pardon, miss, but I think as how you ought to go back to
London,’ Jack ventured. Glancing around his prison, he began
to think it possible he might effect an escape from it. He handed her a cheque for thirty-one pounds, ten shillings, and read the
agreement through to her. CHAPTER XXV
Spurlock pushed back his helmet and sat down in the white sand, buckling his
knees and folding his arms around them—pondering. "Before to-morrow morning I will
ascertain what has become of Thames, or perish in the attempt. Stanley in
person. Left alone, Jonathan lighted a lamp, and, opening the trap-door, descended the
secret stairs. However, no one had discovered me, so I contrived
to drag myself to my horse. "
Noticing the draggled condition Jack was in, he then fetched him a bucket of
water, with which Jack cleansed himself as well as he could, and thanking the
honest smith, who would take nothing for his trouble, left the shop. Your maid has twenty minutes to pack your dressing case for one night, and you
have the same time to change into a travelling dress. He
felt hands tugging at him, mysterious creatures with long
fingers and sharp nails that pulled at his flesh. CHAPTER XXIX.
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