Several of the assailants carried links, so that the room was a blaze of
light. At this point Lucy, in an effort perhaps—foolhardy, in Gerald’s opinion—to
pour oil on troubled waters, rose swiftly to her feet and came towards the old
man, her hand held out. The close-fitting round gown, if a little oldfashioned with its very narrow waist and wide skirts, was becoming on a full
figure, and the low décolletage, unencumbered by any form of covering, exposed
a good deal of bosom. “Will he die?” she asked. It was the largest room in the house, which was why it had been given over to
the main business of the convent as a house of God. But who would pay the ransom?
There was no one left in his family. Determined, however, not be taken with
life, he held on. Without
inquiring into the correctness of the latter part of the story, it may be sufficient to
state, that Black Mary was a person in whom Jack Sheppard thought he could
confide, and, as Edgeworth Bess was incapable of much further exertion, he
determined to leave her in the old woman's care till the following night, while he
shifted for himself and fulfilled his design—for, however rash or hazardous a
project might be, if once conceived, Jack always executed it,—of visiting
Jonathan Wild at his house in the Old Bailey. The sing-song girls in Hong-Kong
are far handsomer. But he sobered instantly as he recollected that O'Higgins
had found Spurlock once. He appeared to thunder dire happenings
if she did not obey him without further ado. ’
‘Your husband?’ Gerald tutted. He
closed the door.
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