At the period of this history, the main streets of the metropolis were but
imperfectly lighted, while the less-frequented avenues were left in total
obscurity; but, even at the present time, the maze of courts and alleys into which
Wild now plunged, would have perplexed any one, not familiar with their
intricacies, to thread them on a dark night. "His wife is still living," returned Kneebone, drily. Now go. ”
The dinner was admirable as a dinner; nothing went wrong, from the golden
and excellent clear soup to the delightful iced marrons and cream; and Miss
Stanley’s praises died away to an appreciative acquiescence. Supposing Ah Cum's luck failed for once?
The manager made a gesture of dismissal, and added up the bill for the Misses
Jedson, who were returning to Hong-Kong in the morning. The Northern Ocean keeps a
secret better than the Thames, Sir Rowland. I’ve made no one happy. The knots
and broken pale that made the garden-fence scalable, and gave access to the
fields behind, were still to be traced. "All my life I've dreamed of something like this," he said, divertingly, with a
gesture which included the yacht. "Certainly," replied Jonathan, with the most perfect sangfroid, "I'll undertake to
free you from the boy. End of Project Gutenberg's Jack Sheppard, by William Harrison Ainsworth
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JACK SHEPPARD ***
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