There were moments when she thought of turning upon this man and talking
to him. Mr. 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. No breakfast, he’s had no dinner, hardly a mouthful of soup—
since yesterday at tea. That was the glorious if
bewildering truth. ToC
The ward into which Jack was endeavouring to break was called the Red Room,
from the circumstance of its walls having once been painted in that colour; all
traces of which had, however, long since disappeared. Terrific shouts were raised by the rabble, who threatened to tear Wild in
pieces if he showed himself. Too much, perhaps. In vain did the woollendraper offer to set him free if he would restore the stolen article, or give up his
associate, to whom it was supposed he might have handed it.
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