Arrived at the latter place, Jonathan, who, meanwhile, had
contrived to liberate his attendants from their bonds, drew up at the Six Bells,
and hiring a couple of horses, despatched his attendants in search of Jack
Sheppard, while he proceeded to town. “What is the good of talking?” said her brother. "
"It is a diamond," said the lady, in an agony of distress,—"the child!"
"A diamond! Here, take the kid," cried Blueskin, slipping the infant adroitly
under her scarf. ’
So pat, thought Gerald. Did she suppose him a possible pretender to her daughter’s
hand? The girl—Dorothée, if memory served—was clearly marriageable, but he
imagined most of these unhappy exiles were all but penniless. After venting his wrath in the wildest manner, and uttering the most dreadful
execrations, Jonathan retired to another part of the prison, where he passed the
night in consultation with the governor, as to the best means of conveying the
prisoner securely to Tyburn. ‘Can I not leave you for a day without you
getting yourself into trouble?’
‘Imbecile,’ she uttered faintly. Ten years of military life had taught him caution,
but only strengthened a fearless zest for diving into any promising adventure
with unalloyed enjoyment. She got up and unlocked the door.
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