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"But to the point," continued Wild, unconscious of the peril in which the remark
had placed him,—"to the point. “I never planned it—And now I have begun—”
She felt acutely that he was entitled to explanations, and as acutely that
explanations were impossible that night. This, then, was
the cause of the widow's wild inexplicable look,—of her sudden shriek!
Explaining his suspicious in a whisper to Jack's captor, who proved to be a
church-warden and a constable, by name John Dump,—Mr. Sheppard's dress—extremely
neat and clean, but simply fashioned, and of the plainest and most unpretending
material,—offered nothing assailable; and her demeanour was so humble, and
her looks so modest, that—if she had been ill-looking—she might, possibly,
have escaped the shafts of malice preparing to be levelled against her. With delicate touch he rescued
all that was possible of them, and made a careful little parcel. (What was the name he had
given her that day?) He was walking beside the chair upon which appeared to be
a bundle of colours. “One has to be so careful of one’s friends and acquaintances,” he remarked, by
way of transition. ‘If he had, he’d have found the sword, see. . ”
Sir John’s reply was incoherent. Her first orders were to summon the rest of her servants to
make immediate preparations for her departure for Lancashire.
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