Her first impulse was to fly to the
window; and she was about to pass through it, at the risk of sharing the fate of
the unfortunate lady, when her arm was grasped by some one in the act of
ascending the ladder from without. ’
‘Melusine, sir,’ Gerald reminded the general, exchanging a frustrated glance
with Mrs Sindlesham. True, on board the
ships she had watched young men from afar, but only with that normal curiosity
which is aroused in the presence of any new species. Some rustic hand had written upon the door "JACK
SHEPPARD'S CAGE;" and upon the wall was affixed a large placard describing
his person, and offering a reward for his capture. "I am one. There was
a moment’s breathless and disappointed silence. From
the sounds of it, he was better off dead. On the right, stood a bulky figure, with a
broken rattle hanging out of his great-coat pocket, who held up a lantern to his
battered countenance to prove to the spectators that both his orbs of vision were
darkened: on the left, a meagre constable had divested himself of his shirt, to
bind up with greater convenience a gaping cut in the arm. [A]
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License as specified in paragraph 1. Not choosing to hazard so great a fall, Jack turned to examine the building, to
see whether any more favourable point of descent presented itself, but could
discover nothing but steep walls, without a single available projection. She got up and unlocked the door.
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