The newcomer stopped short upon the threshold. Her fingers were
bursting through her gloves, as if to get at once into touch with Ann Veronica. And if one were to love some
one very much, it’s just so that one would be blindest, just when one wanted
most to see. Wood, bursting into tears, "God
bless you!"
Jack extended his hand towards him, and looked anxiously for Thames; but he
was nowhere to be seen. "What of her?" cried the knight. She looked at Lucy guiltily, wondering if she
would be betrayed. But ere the words could find utterance, her maternal tenderness overcame her
indignation; and, sinking upon her knees, she extended her arms over her child. "He'll not trouble you on the liquor side, Mac. Jack
Sheppard is to me what Thames Darrell is to you—an object of hatred. ”
Ann Veronica did. The
boy’s besotted. This
was the bitterest hour he had ever known. When the prisoner was brought
into this room, he was again questioned; but, continuing contumacious,
preparations were made for inflicting the torture. He looked at his port wine as though
that tawny ruby contained the solution of the matter. This sum, claimed by Wild under the statute 4th
and 5th of William and Mary, entitled "An act for encouraging the apprehending
of Highwaymen," was granted to him by the court.
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