The thief-taker's throat
was bound up with thick folds of linen, and his face had a ghastly and
cadaverous look, which communicated an undefinable and horrible expression to
his glances. Crocodile Tears. . I want to
know more about her. Sheppard," continued
Jonathan; "after we've disposed of Thames Darrell, I'll visit her in Bedlam; and,
as I understand I form one of her chief terrors, I'll give her such a fright that I'll
engage she shan't long survive it. He stirred
continually, thrusting his legs about and flinging his arms above his head. Ann Veronica was in their very forefront. No
one had lived here since old man Remenham had died some eighteen months
ago, for the heir, so it was rumoured, was a relative with property of his own. She had been in the
drawing-room for a few minutes before the gong had sounded, and had chattered
gaily to every one. Gerald glanced down and saw her dash at a spread of blood on his own hand,
only now realising that her dagger had found its mark. For a few minutes, she appeared scarcely sensible of his
presence. "I don't quite understand the
application. On the same day, moreover, which, by a
curious coincidence, was the birthday of the Chevalier de Saint George, mobs
were collected together in the streets, and the health of that prince was publicly
drunk under the title of James the Third; while, in many country towns, the bells
were rung, and rejoicings held, as if for a reigning monarch:—the cry of the
populace almost universally being, "No King George, but a Stuart!"
The adherents of the Chevalier de Saint George, we have said, were lavish in
promises to their proselytes.
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