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She had need of a devoted
cavalier and Jack had proved eminently valuable. But his own situation was too perilous to admit of his
rendering any assistance to the ill-fated waterman. "
"No. It was a dismal and depressing sight to see a great city thus suddenly
overthrown; and the carpenter was deeply moved by the spectacle. All this juncture, a thundering crash was heard against the side of the bridge. Against the walls hung an assortment of staves,
brown-bills, (weapons then borne by the watch,) muskets, handcuffs, great-coats,
and lanterns. A hush descended across the audience as instruments
tuned, creating small ladders of fifths that collapsed
abruptly, snatches of solos that disappeared and
reappeared like gags in a house of mirrors. "Hoddy, Hoddy!… No, no! This is my father!" warned Ruth. The bars dropped noiselessly and slowly down, till the
chain tightened at the staple. He flung aside all his talk of help and disinterested friendship as though it had
never been even a disguise between them, as though from the first it was no
more than a fancy dress they had put quite understandingly upon their
relationship. His arms released from his
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sides, he lifted them around her in a light embrace. "Who
knows but this key may open a golden lock one of these days?" And, picking it
up, he thrust it into his pocket. ‘Get the swords!’
‘I’ll see to him.
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