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Marvel held her handkerchief to
her eyes, and appeared in great distress. The first of
these, the Press Room, a dark close chamber, near Waterman's Hall, obtained its
name from an immense wooden machine kept in it, with which such prisoners as
refused to plead to their indictments were pressed to death—a species of
inquisitorial torture not discontinued until so lately as the early part of the reign
of George the Third, when it was abolished by an express statute. ***
From the corner of her eye, Melusine saw Gerald move towards her and she
turned to confront him, the confused turmoil in her mind causing her chest to
tighten unbearably. A snarl contorted his
features, and he marched up to it, laying his pistol down on the marquetry table
so that his hands were free to grab the picture off the wall. ’
Melusine caught the fellow eyeing her with resentment and beckoned as she
called out to him. As sure as he is now living, I'll pay him a visit in the Old
Bailey before morning. "
CHAPTER IX. "The pocket-book you prigged contained the letters
I wanted. You get the idea. All concerned in the dark transaction must have perished. ’
‘Lord, yes,’ agreed Gerald, in mock horror. “Mr.
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