“Have you anything to ask the witness?” asked the helpful inspector. Kneebone, who began to
feel sleepy, wound it up, and snuffed the candles. Accordingly, he began to retrace his steps, and pursuing the course he had
recently taken, scaling the two towers, and passing along the wall of the prison,
he descended by means of the door upon the Lower Leads. Both advanced towards it,
when, by the light of the lantern, Wood beheld, in the countenance of the
stranger, the well-remembered and stern features of Rowland. "
"I shall require them as well," rejoined Sheppard; "and your boots. And such skirts as Ann Veronica had had
when she entered the valley of Saas were safely packed away in the hotel, and
she wore a leather belt and loose knickerbockers and puttees—a costume that
suited the fine, long lines of her limbs far better than any feminine walking-dress
could do. So do
please believe that in this matter I am acting for the best. "It
can't be Captain Sheppard!"
"It is," replied Jack; "and you had better have met the devil on your road than
me. ’
‘Was it yours?’
Insulted beyond bearing, Melusine lost her temper. ”
She looked at him quizzically. "
"You flatter me," smiled Sir James.
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