Without
inquiring into the correctness of the latter part of the story, it may be sufficient to
state, that Black Mary was a person in whom Jack Sheppard thought he could
confide, and, as Edgeworth Bess was incapable of much further exertion, he
determined to leave her in the old woman's care till the following night, while he
shifted for himself and fulfilled his design—for, however rash or hazardous a
project might be, if once conceived, Jack always executed it,—of visiting
Jonathan Wild at his house in the Old Bailey. The calvacade was now put slowly in motion. "And what do you suppose we mean
to do with you, eh?"
"You mean to kill me," replied Thames, "by my cruel uncle's command. ’
Madame gave one of those breathy laughs. O'Higgins did not confide in me. "You can't go to sea with a book of rules. Yet the smoke was curling upwards in a faint
innocent-looking cloud to the ceiling. "Shall I never banish those horrible phantoms from my couch—the
father with his bleeding breast and dripping hair!—the mother with her wringing
hands and looks of vengeance and reproach!—And must another be added to
their number—their son! Horror!—let me be spared this new crime! And yet the
gibbet—my name tarnished—my escutcheon blotted by the hangman!—No, I
cannot submit to that. That added to his puzzle. “Your little flag of pride must flutter down with the rest of them, Ann
Veronica. ‘It’s a pretty name. No matter how much you tell me,
you will always keep something back. "
"You trusted too much to your own skill, Jack," rejoined Thames.
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