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CHAPTER XIX. Sheppard did not make her appearance quite so soon as he expected, the
carpenter became a little fidgetty, and, having succeeded in tranquillizing the
child, he thought proper to walk so far down the entry as would enable him to
reconnoitre the upper windows of the house. Somehow or
other his reputation as a hardened and unassailable bachelor had won for him
during the last few years a comparative immunity from attentions on the part of
those women with whom he had been brought into contact. ‘In love? I? Don’t be ridiculous. In order to guard against accidents or surprises,
watchmen, or scouts, (as they were styled,) were stationed at the three main
outlets of the sanctuary ready to give the signal in the manner just described:
bars were erected, which, in case of emergency; could be immediately stretched
across the streets: doors were attached to the alleys; and were never opened
without due precautions; gates were affixed to the courts, wickets to the gates,
and bolts to the wickets. Jack had thus been six hours in accomplishing
his arduous task. "But, let me tell you,
it's not a pleasant sight to see the girl one likes in the arms of another. She silently willed him to
stop his pacing, to calm down. Lucy felt her heart splinter in her breast. Ramage?” he asked. “What a little brick!” he murmured. Swiftly she ran her hands over the
carvings, trying to find the lever to the secret panel again. ‘I’ve had
enough of this.
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