Without
inquiring into the correctness of the latter part of the story, it may be sufficient to
state, that Black Mary was a person in whom Jack Sheppard thought he could
confide, and, as Edgeworth Bess was incapable of much further exertion, he
determined to leave her in the old woman's care till the following night, while he
shifted for himself and fulfilled his design—for, however rash or hazardous a
project might be, if once conceived, Jack always executed it,—of visiting
Jonathan Wild at his house in the Old Bailey. All other things were
without weight or consequence before the fact that this poor young man would
have to depend upon her for his life. I have
written, called—of what avail is anything—against that look. "Fool!" he cried, "do you think I wouldn't have secured you before this if I hadn't
some motive for my forbearance?"
"And that motive is fear," replied Jack contemptuously. For the past four weeks
mirrors had been her delight, a new toy. She calls us her guests, but in reality we are her
prisoners. He could not tell whether she was English or American. “It is hard to express one’s self, but I do
want to be honest with you. He parried without apparent effort. "
"What villain?" cried Hogarth.
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