His
little doll. One day
she had thrown all the gifts into the lagoon, and visited the secret nook no more. “And now, look at us! See what
we have become. Her mother did not seem to like the new doctor at all,
shunning him with a near superstitious dread. As the secret door opened, the sounds within the house came at once to her
ears: the tramping of feet above, and the hoarse voices echoing through the
mansion. She tore open the envelope and read it. On the right, stood a bulky figure, with a
broken rattle hanging out of his great-coat pocket, who held up a lantern to his
battered countenance to prove to the spectators that both his orbs of vision were
darkened: on the left, a meagre constable had divested himself of his shirt, to
bind up with greater convenience a gaping cut in the arm. . Every eye was fixed upon the
prisoner. "Master
Thames Ditt—what's his blessed name?—has honesty written in his handsome
phiz; but as to his companion, Jack Sheppard, I think you call him, he's a born
and bred thief. "
Thames glanced at the despatch, and, after a moment's reflection, inquired, "In
what way is the attempt upon my life to be made?"
"That I couldn't ascertain," replied Jack; "but I advise you to be upon your guard. You'd not know what to do without me, and shan't drive me off.
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