‘So now you may safely cease
your roundaboutation, and tell me what took you to Remenham House. That boy—blind as a bat! Why, he hadn't seen the
Woman until to-night!
From the first chord of the Grieg concerto to the finale of the Chopin ballade,
Ruth had sat tensely on the edge of her chair. ‘I know what it means, numbskull! Didn’t
spend years in the confounded country without picking up some of their infernal
tongue. He is probably very wealthy. The next moment, a heavy plunge told that
the fugitive had been consigned to the waves. Rather a hazardous
spot for a convalescent, and McClintock had been doubtful at first; but Spurlock
declared that he was a good sailor, which was true. Sheppard: "nothing can save me. While this took place, while Quilt thundered at the inner door, and Jack drew
back the bolts of the outer, a deep, manly voice was heard chanting—as if in
contempt of the general uproar—the following strain:—
With pipe and punch upon the board,
And smiling nymphs around us;
No tavern could more mirth afford
Than old Saint Giles's round-house!
The round-house! the round-house!
The jolly—jolly round-house!
"The jolly, jolly round-house!" chorussed Sheppard, as the last bar yielded to his
efforts.
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