I hear her coming. Go
to her and tell her. Why don’t I just go and get the key from Pottiswick?’
Alderley flicked a glance back at him over his shoulder. ‘And I
do understand. He had removed his silk hat, and
now sat looking at Ann Veronica over an untouched cup of tea; he sat gloating
upon her, trying to catch her eye. "
"Stick the spike into him, then," returned Sheppard, coolly, "while I unbar the
outlet. Double-crossing wouldn't do any good. I am afraid, Anna, just a little afraid, that in
Paris I and my friends here might seem a trifle advanced. She moved her elbow nearer to him and spoke in a still lower tone. "But, what of that? It'll be a
lesson to him in future, and will show him the folly of doing a good-natured
action!"
But perceiving that his companion did not relish his pleasantry and fearing that
his sympathy for the carpenter's situation might betray him into some act of
imprudence, Jonathan, without further remark, and by way of putting an end to
the discussion, let himself drop through the roof. "I thought I heard a scream. Descending the hollow, or rather excavation,—for it was an old disused clay-pit,
at the bottom of which the cottage was situated,—he speedily succeeded in
arousing the ancient sibyl, and having committed Edgeworth Bess to her care,
with a promise of an abundant reward in case she watched diligently over her
safety, and attended to her comforts till his return,—to all which Black Mary
readily agreed,—he departed with a heart lightened of half its load.
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