How Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold
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XI. "There," cried Jackson, closing the book and rising, "that'll do. She flung herself back into the bare little room,
cold, empty, comfortless. With an open hand, he slapped her face. It is queer, but men of education and good birth fall swiftest and
lowest. “I must repeat,” Sir John said, “that I much regret disturbing you at such an
unseemly hour. She peered into the darkness. I don’t suppose a girl can tell if a man is in love with her or not in love
with her. "He is," returned Quilt, significantly. "
"Hadn't you better hold a moment's parley with the gentlemen before proceeding
to extremities?" suggested Jonathan. " And,
with the uninjured hand he drew a pistol, which he fired, but without effect, at
Jack. It was evident the lady’s servant knew his mistress, for he had come equipped
with a tray upon which reposed a decanter and two glasses. The
passage was so narrow that there was only sufficient room for the cart to pass,
with a single line of foot-soldiers on one side; and, as the walls of the bridge
were covered with spectators, it was not deemed prudent to cross it till these
persons were dislodged.
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