The next morning she went out with her post-office savings bank-book, and
telegraphed for a warrant to draw out all the money she had in the world. ’
‘In this case, I do not at all wish to marry you,’ Melusine threw at him
furiously. Would I could purchase his
apathy as easily as I can procure his assistance. ‘When one is penniless, one does not
expect a life of ease. I am guilty practically of the
impertinence of coming to ask you whether I misunderstood your sister. "Because the prisoner's arrival might disturb you—ha! ha!"
"I'll lay you twenty guineas you don't take him to-night," rejoined Austin. I thought Mr. Rowland," she added, in an altered tone, "I am certain I shall not
live many days. Advancing to the middle of the chamber, he halted, drew himself up, and fixed
his dark, expressive eyes, on Thames Darrell. The account of the discovery of Sir Rowland's murder filled Winifred with
alarm; but when she learnt what had befallen Thames—how he had been
stricken down by the thief-taker's bludgeon, and left for dead, she uttered a
piercing scream, fainted, and would have fallen, if Jack had not caught her in his
arms.
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