Wood, who had
been absent on business during the greater part of the day, returned (perhaps not
altogether undesignedly) at an earlier hour than was expected, to his dwelling in
Wych Street, Drury Lane; and was about to enter his workshop, when, not
hearing any sound of labour issue from within, he began to suspect that an
apprentice, of whose habits of industry he entertained some doubt, was
neglecting his employment. Ann Veronica found herself in a little stirring crowd of excited women,
whispering and tittering and speaking in undertones. She met the keen grey eyes of a clean-shaven man, between forty and fifty,
quietly dressed in professional attire. “You too were deceived. ” He
played it cool, but he had seen it in her face. "By my soul," said the sexton, "that's as like Jack Sheppard as any one I ever
seed i' my born days. " The mortal agony behind those eyes! And all the while he had
probably loved his child. We were alike. “Show me around you house, John. ”
He groaned.
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