Next to the receiver was a gang of housebreakers, laughing over their exploits,
and planning fresh depredations; and next to the housebreakers came two
gallant-looking gentlemen in long periwigs and riding-dresses, and equipped in
all other respects for the road, with a roast fowl and a bottle of wine before them. "Have you been more successful, Sir?" ventured Ireton. Softly she rose to her feet. ‘He was our first commander, and a
more stiff-necked—’
‘Exactly so,’ concurred Lady Bicknacre. Don’t leave me in this beastly thing. Within that dungeon lay Captain Bew,
Rumbold and Whitney—a jolly crew!
All carved their names on the stone, and all
Share the fate of the brave Du Val!
With their chisels so fine, tra la!
"Save us!" continued the apprentice, "I hope this beam doesn't resemble the
Newgate stone; or I may chance, like the great men the song speaks of, to swing
on the Tyburn tree for my pains. The lady's name's
engraved inside, but so small I can scarcely read it. ’
‘Well, but he was a deserter, you see. “I think this ends the business,” he said, turning to his sister. "
Jonathan made no answer, but snatching a torch from a bystander, jumped into
the trench and commenced a diligent search. ”
“Girls!” cried Ann Veronica.
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