ToC
Scarcely an hour after the horrible occurrence just related, as Jonathan Wild was
seated in the audience-chamber of his residence at the Old Bailey, occupied, like
Peachum, (for whose portrait he sat,) with his account-books and registers, he
was interrupted by the sudden entrance of Quilt Arnold, who announced Jack
Sheppard and Blueskin. . And yet she knew it was not fair to call her a foolish girl. "I'm a detective; my ears and eyes have been trained to absorb
all I see and all I hear. "
"No," thundered Wild. “Did you—did you really think that they would take you for a Frenchman?” she
exclaimed. “I have signed a statement that I
shot myself; bad trade and drink, both true—both true. She’s
hated me for no apparent reason ever since Fourth
Grade. ‘It must seem strange to you at first. She was
breathing hard, dragging for air, half in fright and half because the sudden effort
had used up what little air she had managed to draw so briefly. "
"Impossible, Sir," replied Ireton, greatly alarmed.
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