He staggered back a few paces;
and, before he could recover himself, Thames tripped up his heels, and, placing
the point of the spike at his throat, threatened to stab him if he attempted to stir,
or cry out. ‘And this is not all,’ went on the lady, evidently determined to disclose all her
wrongs. She'll have this hour always
with her; and you failed her. Within that dungeon lay Captain Bew,
Rumbold and Whitney—a jolly crew!
All carved their names on the stone, and all
Share the fate of the brave Du Val!
With their chisels so fine, tra la!
"Save us!" continued the apprentice, "I hope this beam doesn't resemble the
Newgate stone; or I may chance, like the great men the song speaks of, to swing
on the Tyburn tree for my pains. ”
He digested her statement as part threat and part
promise. It surprised her she hadn’t thought of
it before! She tried to explain that she was going to pay him forty pounds
without fail next week.
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