She withdrew her head
with a little moan, and resumed her flight. ”
He looked at her anxiously, and she met his glance with a dazzling smile of
gratitude. At least I rather hoped I
might spend my time chasing smugglers, which would have afforded some
excitement. ‘But―but how can he know?’
His soldier’s instinct overtook Gerald and he dropped all his insouciance in a
bang, becoming brisk. ‘Typical. You desert your home; I
throw up useful teaching, risk every hope in your career. Beneath these prints, a cluster of hobnails, driven into the wall, formed certain
letters, which, if properly deciphered, produced the words, "Paul Groves,
cobler;" and under the name, traced in charcoal, appeared the following record
of the poor fellow's fate, "Hung himsel in this rum for luv off licker;"
accompanied by a graphic sketch of the unhappy suicide dangling from a beam. You have been seen loitering with suspicious intent in
several places—Paddington, for instance—and I have no doubt at all that you
were party to a break-in last week at Remenham House in Kent. I was ready to wager that your name would have marched with one of
them. He could not tell by the look of her whether she was glad or sorry that presently
she would be free. "
"Find me the job. Hurrying on, his progress was soon checked by a strong door, several inches in
thickness, and nearly as wide as the passage.
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