Time was moving so fast, she could no longer count the days since Gosse
had come to her with his preposterous suggestion at the Coq d’Or, where they
were staying and where he had robbed her and left her and Martha to their fate. Startled by the cry, as may be
supposed, the attention of the whole congregation was drawn towards the quarter
whence it proceeded. ’
‘Comment? But already he has made this visit—in town. Wild was formerly an agent to
the Jacobite party, but, on the offer of a bribe from the opposite faction, he
unhesitatingly deserted and betrayed his old employers. Hastening to the spot where he had tied
his horse to a tree, he vaulted into the saddle, and rode off across the fields,—for
he was fearful of encountering the hostile party,—till he reached the Edgeware
Road. "
In less time than Hobson had mentioned, the carriage was announced. "Goodness only knows what he's reserved for," rejoined the widow in a
desponding tone; "but if Mynheer Van Galgebrok, whom I met last night at the
Cross Shovels, spoke the truth, little Jack will never die in his bed. "
"But she would understand you; whereas she will never understand her father. But I can easily bring in a
sing-song girl to play for you. He probably imagines himself to be a
thousand times worse off than he actually is.
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