Double-crossing wouldn't do any good. He would always see the picture of the
huge, raw-boned Dutchman, haranguing and thundering the word of God into
the dull ears of South Sea Islanders, who, an hour later, would be carrying fruit
penitently to their wooden images. And it had not shocked her! It was this appalling absence of indignation that had
put terror into her heart. The mere fact that he was there in the train alongside her, helping her,
sitting opposite to her in the dining-car, presently sleeping on a seat within a
yard of her, made her heart sing until she was afraid their fellow passengers
would hear it. These sisters moved
in a grown-up world inaccessible to Ann Veronica’s sympathies, and to a large
extent remote from her curiosity. “I regret that you should ever have proposed it,” he went on. I fought. "If you won't disclose your name, I will for you!
You are Jonathan Wild!"
"Further concealment is needless," answered the other, pulling off his wig and
black patch, and resuming his natural tone of voice; "I am Jonathan Wild!"
"Say you so!" rejoined Kneebone; "then be this your passport to eternity. I keep on thinking of
you. We'll see whether
he'll get rid of his new bonds?" he added with a brutal laugh, which was echoed
by the bystanders. "
Out of nowhere Ruth heard her voice saying: "I will see to that. I might as well try to build a ladder to heaven.
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