He had not addressed to her even the most ordinary courtesy
of fellow travellers; she doubted that he was even aware of her existence. Come now, I am very glad
to see you again so soon, mademoiselle whatever-your-name-is. ’
‘Dieu du ciel! But this is catastrophe. He pictured himself
visiting the girl in this shabby little home of her aunt’s—she had told him that it
was shabby—and he recalled that delicious little smile with which she would
surely greet him, a smile which seemed to be a matter of the eyes as well as the
lips. She slipped out the window, jumping to the ground
from the second story with very little sound. Another horn now resounded from the further extremity of the thoroughfare; this
was answered by a third; and presently a fourth, and more remote blast, took up
the note of alarm. ToC
On the night of Friday, the 26th of November, 1703, and at the hour of eleven,
the door of a miserable habitation, situated in an obscure quarter of the Borough
of Southwark, known as the Old Mint, was opened; and a man, with a lantern in
his hand, appeared at the threshold. Brown broke the silence. A long chest under one of the windows was
open, some of its contents dragged out and spilling onto the floor.
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