XII
JACK SHEPPARD A Romance
BY W. You yourself, I am sure, recognize how
impossible you have made it for me now to do anything of the sort. . Somewhere in the world would be his people, perhaps his mother; and it might
soften the bitterness, of the return to consciousness if he found a woman at his
bedside. "He who breaks faith with his benefactor may well justify himself thus,"
answered Jack. No other
man should touch her; she was Hoddy's, body and soul, in this life and after. A world of haystacks, bean-stacks, and strawricks flanked the granges adjoining his habitation; the yard was crowded with
poultry, pigeons were feeding at his feet, cattle were being driven towards the
stall, horses led to the stable, a large mastiff was rattling his chain, and stalking
majestically in front of his kennel, while a number of farming-men were passing
and repassing about their various occupations. Her eyes were insane
with rage, crusted with yellow and green, only beginning
to heal from her long sojourn underground. The floor was planked with oak, and covered with iron staples, hooks, and ringbolts, with heavy chains attached to them. When he found
himself thinking about it, it upset him so that he at once resorted to distraction. My dear—I can call you that here, anyhow—I
know that. The halls are
on the lookout for something new.
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