’ Very likely
they would give——”
“I should be satisfied with the sum you mention,” Anna said quietly, “but there
are difficulties. “A move of any
sort would certainly be fatal. "You'll lose no time," said the thief-taker. She was a small blonde, not handsome, but with a flair for fashion
demonstrated by her elegant chemise gown in the very latest Canterbury muslin,
with its low décolletage barely concealed under a fine lawn handkerchief set
about her shoulders, and decorated with a mauve satin sash at the waist. The appearance of the new-comer was extremely prepossessing; and, after his
trepidation had a little subsided, Wood began to regard him with some degree of
interest. Would there be enough in the
young man's envelope to pay the doctor and the hotel bill—and in the event of
his death, enough to ship the body home? So all things pointed to the happy
circumstance of setting this young fool upon his feet again, of seeing him hence
upon his journey. That’s why I come to tell you. Arrived at Paddington, he struck across Marylebone Fields,—for as yet
the New Road was undreamed of,—and never moderated his speed until he
reached the city.
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