Casting a hasty glance at the old and ruinous prison belonging
to the liberty of the Bishop of Winchester (whose palace formerly adjoined the
river), called the Clink, which gave its name to the street, along which he
walked: and noticing, with some uneasiness, the melancholy manner in which
the wind whistled through its barred casements, the carpenter followed his
companion down an opening to the right, and presently arrived at the water-side. We were fellow
passengers from Charing Cross, and we have been fellow lodgers in the Rue
d’Entrepot. He patted the hand on his sleeve. That knot also would be
cut. ‘Get you invited to a party where the French émigrés will
be present? Nothing easier, dear boy. I do not wish to seek them out, en effet. ’
‘Then you shall no longer do so. ’ Very likely
they would give——”
“I should be satisfied with the sum you mention,” Anna said quietly, “but there
are difficulties. Take me to the Stone Room. But this plan
(probably from its danger) was instantly abandoned; not, however, before her
momentary hesitation had been taken advantage of by her pursuers, who,
redoubling their efforts at this juncture, materially lessened the distance between
them. I overlooked the
mechanical imperfections of your work, the utter lack of finish, the crudeness of
your drawing. "
"But I'm used to that, Hoddy," she said, eagerly.
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