Thames sprang to his feet, and half drew his sword, while Wood, removing his
spectacles to assure himself that his eyes did not deceive him, exclaimed in a
tone and with a look that betrayed the extremity of surprise—"Jack Sheppard!"
"Jack Sheppard!" echoed the maid. ‘No, but I seen the light, sir. If you know
her for the vicious, scheming wretch that she is, why in God’s name—?’
‘She’s not a vicious, scheming wretch,’ Gerald said calmly. Saws,
hammers, planes, axes, augers, adzes, chisels, gimblets, and an endless variety of
tools were ranged, like a stand of martial weapons at an armoury, in racks
against the walls. But he was so feeble, that it seemed scarcely possible he
could offer any effectual resistance in case of an attack. "You have uttered a wilful and deliberate falsehood in
asserting that I have murdered Thames, for whom you well know I would lay
down my life. Now
I’d like the rest of your story. Don't suppose," she
added, with a scornful glance at her helpmate, "that I would pay him the
compliment of thinking he could possibly be the father of such a boy as you. The
true creative mind is always returning to battle; defeats are only temporary setbacks. ‘And since the entire company and Pottiswick himself were unable to
find hide nor hair of the infernal French female—’
‘English, Hilary,’ Gerald reminded him. She had begun to care about
her appearance again, looking into the glass he gave her, a
thing nearly priceless that was bordered in intricate
golden filigree and rubies. What do you know about her, Fred? I am interested. We remember it.
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