”
That simple statement of the case was by no means all that went on in Ann
Veronica’s mind. "
The carpenter, upon whom no part of this hurried dialogue had been lost, now
made his appearance, and having obtained from Terence all the information
which that personage could impart respecting the perilous situation of Thames,
he declared himself ready to start to Saint Giles's at once, and ran back to the
room for his hat and stick; expressing his firm determination, as he pocketed his
constable's staff with which he thought it expedient to arm himself, of being
direfully revenged upon the thief-taker: a determination in which he was
strongly encouraged by his wife. It's a mighty quare 'un, though. I
fancy that Sir John does not approve of me. ’
‘What heir?’
‘Exactly. I am not French in the least. She then opened Lucy’s meager
closet and plucked out a pair of heeled boots usually
reserved for weddings and funerals. "A thousand pounds," he observed, gloomily, "is a heavy price to pay for
doubtful secrecy, when certain silence might be so cheaply procured. "I see him!—row
for your life!"
"That's the way to miss him, master," replied Ben coolly.
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