He seemed to be
trying to understand something very perplexing and elusive. She must get to the vestry. It was precisely two o'clock on the morning of Whit-monday, the 25th of May
1724, when the remarkable escape before detailed was completed: and, though it
wanted full two hours to daybreak, the glimmer of a waning moon prevented it
from being totally dark. ‘Let go!’
‘Do you take me for a fool?’ Gerald demanded. Then the distant relationship to Miss Stanley gave them a slight but pleasant
sense of proprietorship in the girl. The scrutiny of
any strange man provoked a sweaty terror. And through all these defences and into Old Palace Yard, into the
very vitals of the defenders’ position, lumbered the unsuspected vans. She listened with growing apprehension to the
tale that Gerald told, omitting any mention of pistols and daggers, and at the end
delivered herself of various expletives highly unsuited to a lady of her advanced
years. Two of these had
been her particular intimates at the High School, and had done much to send her
mind exploring beyond the limits of the available literature at home. If he died, here in this hotel, who would
care? Or if she died, who would care?
A queer desire blossomed in her heart: to go to him, urge him to see the folly of
trying to forget. "
"Take a glass of gin, Ma'am," cried Poll Maggot, holding up a bottle of spirit; "it
used to be your favourite liquor, I've heard. “You see you do not know
how much of truth there is in his story. "The danger's past," whispered Bess. "Your name is Spurlock?"
"It is.
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