‘And why not?’
‘Because,’ Gerald said matter of factly, ‘convent-bred jeune demoiselles do
not commonly know how to handle either pistols or daggers. In this state it would have been all over with him, as, being stunned by the
fall, it was some moments before he could recover himself, if another party had
not unexpectedly come to his rescue. Do you recall the night she showed you the face in the locket? Do you
remember how she said—'If only my mother had lived'? Did you ever see
anything more tender or beautiful?"
"I remember. ’
‘Eh bien? And so?’
‘He says as how he’s going to take you with him to France with his new wife. . Here Marvel, the executioner, who was in attendance,
was commanded by Wild to tie his thumbs together, which he did with whipcord
so tightly, that the string cut to the bone.
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