She did not open
the Bible but laid it on the edge of the bed, knelt and rested her forehead upon
the worn leather cover. The stoppage had materially lessened the distance between him and his pursuers,
who now amounted to more than a hundred persons, many of whom carried
lanterns and links. "
"I liked that, too," she replied; "but it wasn't that I had in mind. ’
‘Grossly unfair, too. Above all, beware of Sir
Rowland Trenchard. . Ever since the
discovery of his relationship to the Trenchard family, a marked change had taken
place in Jack's demeanour and looks, which were so much refined and improved
that he could scarcely be recognised as the same person. The
Master of the Mint, with whom the Jacobite captain had often had transactions
before, vouched for their being men of honour and loyalty; and Kneebone was so
well satisfied with his representations, that he at once closed the matter by
administering to the applicants the oath of allegiance and fidelity to King James
the Third, and several other oaths besides, all of which those gentlemen took
with as little hesitation as the sum of money, afterwards tendered, to make the
compact binding. The room they were in was a sort of closet, with the door
locked outside; but this was only a moment's obstacle to Jack, who with a chisel
forced back the bolt. The chief of these was a figure of Liberty, with a cat at
her feet, in allusion to the supposed origin of the fortunes of its former founder,
Sir Richard Whittington.
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