And, mind! no
prevaricating—nothing but the truth will satisfy me. Have you done the
trick at Dollis Hill?—brought off the swag—eh?"
"No," answered Jack, flinging himself sullenly into a chair, "I've not. But it strikes me there's a nigger in the woodpile somewhere, as
you Yankees say. "
"I say, Kneebone," rejoined Blueskin, as he washed down an immense mouthful
with another bumper, "do you recollect how nearly Mr. If Jack Sheppard could behold his
mother in this state, he'd have a lesson he'd never forget—ay, and a severer one
than even the hangman could read him. ’
‘Indeed? Interesting. ”
She lingered over her tea, and glancing around, a sudden reflection on the
change in her surroundings from the scene of her last night’s supper brought a
faint, humorous smile to her lips. Ousted from his old retreat, the Cross Shovels,
Baptist Kettleby opened another tavern, conducted upon the same plan as the
former, which he denominated the Seven Cities of Refuge. She was never able to
trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed
herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love
(and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she
realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he
cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired,
for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the
sawdust in its doll. During this operation, the carpenter
underwent a severe catechism as to the cause of the accident; and, on learning
that the mischance originated with Jack Sheppard, the indignation of his
helpmate knew no bounds; and she was with difficulty prevented from flying to
the workshop to inflict summary punishment on the offender.
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