But the
restraint exercised by her instinctive delicacy was very great; over and above
coarse or sexual matters it covered religion and politics and any mention of
money matters or crime, and Ann Veronica found herself wondering whether
these exclusions represented, after all, anything more than suppressions. The clergyman, meanwhile, proceeded with the service, while the coffin was
deposited at the brink of the grave. “Dear me, what a relief! If I had had any nerves that man would have trampled
upon them long ago. The noose was at its
throat when I called for help. There was no one at all in this room, but through the half-open door of
one of the small apartments that gave upon it she had a glimpse of two very
young girls sitting at a littered table and writing briskly. Three
times she escaped. "Oh! never mind him: he'll take no harm! Come with me into the parlour. All this Woman-who-Diddery
—no damn good. Spurlock advanced,
the censer swung high. Strict Catholics, and loyal to the backbone. A glance satisfied Jonathan that
the turnkey was not aware of the prisoner's escape; and he resolved not to
destroy what he considered a good jest, by a premature disclosure of it. But Jack
speedily burst it open with the iron bar.
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