Prom a knot of idlers at a public-house, he learnt that Jonathan
Wild had just ridden past, and that his setters were scouring the country in every
direction. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been
said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the
faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility,
conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every
blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked
by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made;
—how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him
suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making
it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only
delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. ’
‘But two letters,’ put in the woman. I didn’t dream, not even in my wildest
dreaming, that—you might have any need of me. ‘You see, unlike you, mademoiselle, your cavalier here
would not wish to be arrested. Where is Sebastianus? I am Rhea. She took it for granted Ann
Veronica wore stays—mild stays, perhaps, but stays, and thought no more of the
matter. ’
The fellow seized on this. Kneebone's cheeks glowed with rage, and he set down the wine untasted, while
Blueskin resumed his song. "Here, Tom," he
added, calling to a shop-boy, "run and fetch a constable. "
"I do remember it, Sir," replied Mrs. She loved the market, the horses
trotting about, the bishops forced to be on the same road
with old washer-women, the fools begging for a Florin or
a ducat. "What a very remarkable thing it is," he observed, applying to his snuff-box,
"that Thames Darrell, whom we all supposed dead,"—Kneebone in his heart
sincerely wished he had been so,—"should turn out to be alive after all. ‘Unless he is
himself a man of substance. He
had done it.
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