Amid the confusion, Shotbolt sprang to his feet, and
levelling a pistol at Jack's head, commanded him to surrender; but, before any
reply could be made, the jailer's arm was struck up by Blueskin, who, throwing
himself upon him, dragged him to the ground. The poor child! What frightful things she must have seen on that island of hers!
The noise of crashing glass caused a diversion; and Ruth turned gratefully
toward the sound. "Put about, waterman, for God's sake!" cried Wood, whose humanity got the
better of every personal consideration; "some one is overboard. "Come to my arms,
Thames! Oh! dear! Oh! dear!"
To repeat the questions and congratulations which now ensued, or describe the
extravagant joy of the carpenter, who, after he had hugged his adopted son to his
breast with such warmth as almost to squeeze the breath from his body, capered
around the room, threw his wig into the empty fire-grate, and committed various
other fantastic actions, in order to get rid of his superfluous satisfaction—to
describe the scarcely less extravagant raptures of his spouse, or the more
subdued, but not less heartfelt delight of Winifred, would be a needless task, as it
must occur to every one's imagination.
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