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Chapter XVIII
ANNABEL AND “ALCIDE”
Lady Ferringhall lifted her eyes to the newcomer, and the greeting in them was
obviously meant for him alone. "Now, then, Saint Giles!" interposed Sheppard, "are we to be kept here all
night?"
"Eh day!" exclaimed Sharples: "wot new-fledged bantam's this?"
"One that wants to go to roost," replied Sheppard. “But perhaps I want to confess them. Promise me that you will not disobey the injunctions
of her whose memory we must both of us ever revere. The pair then
descended Saffron-hill, threaded Field-lane, and, entering Holborn, passed over
the little bridge which then crossed the muddy waters of Fleet-ditch, mounted
Snow-hill, and soon drew in the bridle before Jonathan Wild's door. ”
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Typesetting and editing of the original book from which this e-text has been
transcribed was inconsistent. Of what use was the temporary set-back to memory, when it
always returned with redoubled poignancy?
Then came another thought, astonishing. "Think not to deceive me, monster. Below it a prodigiously large bolt
was shot into the socket, and, in order to keep it there, was fastened by a hasp,
and further protected by an immense padlock. His pipe
hung dead in his teeth, but the smoke was dense about him. What about them?”
He called a hansom. For on reaching the second
floor, a swishing sound came to Gerald’s ears, as of someone moving about. He
found, however, that now the time had come he utterly lacked the courage to
attempt any such speech. "
"You mustn't talk.
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