"
"Personally, I am neutral," said Ah Cum. “I will tell you all that I know,” Anna said. 54
\"Yes?\"
\"No one says 'Oh my word' anymore. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's
story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable
impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way?
CHAPTER XV
Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry,
so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool
which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there
were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in
normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. Lucy stared at the girl for a
long ten seconds, and then looked away. . "One of the consequences of
criminal conduct, is the shame and disgrace which—worse than any punishment
the evil-doer can suffer—is brought by it upon the innocent relatives; and, if
Jack had considered this, perhaps he would not have acted as he has done, and
have entailed so much misery on his unhappy parent. He had removed his silk hat, and
now sat looking at Ann Veronica over an untouched cup of tea; he sat gloating
upon her, trying to catch her eye. . ToC
Loaded with the heaviest fetters, and constantly watched by two of the jailers'
assistants, who neither quitted him for a single moment, nor suffered any visitor
to approach him, Jack Sheppard found all attempts to escape impracticable. He might spend the rest of his days at
McClintock's in perfect security. Ann Veronica considered her answer. Meanwhile, the mob outside had prodigiously increased, and had begun to
exhibit some disposition to riot.
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