A moment afterwards, the street was illumined by a blaze of torchlight, and a
tumultuous uproar, mixed with the clashing of weapons, and the braying of
horns, announced the arrival of the first detachment of Minters. Something namelessly abhorrent in the eyes of those men…!
She knew what arms were for—to fold and embrace and to hold one tightly; but
why men wished to kiss women was still a profound mystery. On that morning the death warrant had arrived from Windsor, ordering
Sheppard for execution, (since his capture by Jonathan Wild in Bedlam, as
related in a former chapter, Jack had been tried, convicted, and sentenced to
death,) together with three other malefactors on the following Friday. Wasn’t it—a little bit of a
scene?”
“Oh! let me see. He came
along, he said, just to call, with large, loud apologies, radiantly kind and good. ’
Gerald laughed. The latch had not fully caught. "
"None whatever," rejoined Wild. "
"'The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer'," said Wood, who was
culling for himself certain texts from the scriptures. "
"Cowardly villain!" cried Jack, as the Jew, obeying the orders of his principal,
snatched up the weapon of the murdered man, and assailed him. He too was flushed and ruffled; one side of his collar
had slipped from its stud and he held a hand to the corner of his jaw. The boss says to me: 'Higg, here's a guy we want
back. Every one turned to her in astonishment.
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