He spoke the automatic
thought that entered his mind. The red glare fell upon the slimy brick-work, and tinged the
inky waters below. 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. "I can't say I did," replied Wood, somewhat reluctantly; "what with the confusion
incident to the storm, and the subsequent press of business, I put it off till it was
too late. ’
‘Now why didn’t I make that connection?’ Gerald asked of the air in a tone of
regret. ‘From the convent, where else?’
‘It does not strike me that you can possibly have been in a convent. He
then scaled the northern tower, and made his way to the summit of that part of
the prison which fronted Giltspur Street. "'
Instead of regarding him, Jack glanced over the iron bannisters, and measured
the distance.
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