He had adroitly captured her and led her away from her other
guests on the pretext of feigning an interest in her charitable attitude to the newly
arrived French. He barely shook the rose petals from her
hair. "Here's the full, true, and particular account of Jack Sheppard's last astonishing
and never-to-be-forgotten escape from the Castle of Newgate," bawled the
hawker, "with a print of him taken from the life, showing the manner, how he
was shackled and handcuffed. "
"How soon do you expect Mishter Vudd?" inquired the janizary, tauntingly. \"Sure. “Don’t you understand, Nigel,” she said softly, “that it was precisely for this I
have worked so hard. ‘And it may interest you to know, mademoiselle, that the
first thing Gerald must needs do on reaching town is to rush off to that convent
of yours to make sure you were safe. She is very bright. Aided by an individual, who was acquainted with a secret outlet from the
tenement, Darrell escaped. His business
has thriven; legacies have unexpectedly dropped into his lap; and, to crown all,
he has made a large fortune by a lucky speculation in South-Sea stock,—made it,
too, where so many others have lost fortunes, your humble servant amongst the
number—ha! ha! In a word, Sir, Mr. "You were saying—?"
"I started to say something; that is all. He was about to cut the sergeant short, when
his eye fell on a gentleman walking along Piccadilly, his manner uncertain, his
eyes shifting as if he sought something out. Mrs. Arrived at Paddington, he struck across Marylebone Fields,—for as yet
the New Road was undreamed of,—and never moderated his speed until he
reached the city.
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