At this juncture, and just as a cuckoo-clock in
the corner struck sis, Jack Sheppard walked into the room, with the packing-case
under his arm. Marvel, who proceeded to
the cart, and took his seat upon the coffin. ’
‘What of your grandfather?’
Her lips parted in surprise. Anna and her escort exchanged glances. "Is it a bargain?"
"Take half of my estate—take all—my life, if you will—I am weary of it!" cried
Trenchard passionately. She
saw the moonlit waters, the black shadow of the proa, the moon-fire that ran
down the far edge of the bellying sail, the silent natives: no sound except the
slapping of the outrigger and the low sibilant murmur of water falling away from
the sides—and the beating of her heart. “Let us walk round to Covent Garden,” he suggested. A few words passed between him and the thief-taker as the latter came
up; after which, all the party—with the exception of Quilt, who was left on shore
—embarked within the wherry, which was pushed from the strand and rowed
swiftly along the stream—for the tide was in its favour—by a couple of
watermen.
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