CHAPTER VI
Sidney Carton, thought Ruth, in pursuit of a sing-song girl! The idea was so
incongruous that a cold little smile parted her lips. ’
Lucilla gaped. “Reuben,
come here. It's hereditary, like de jigt, vat you call it—gout
—haw! haw!"
"If the child is destined to the gibbet, Van Galgebrok," replied the Master,
joining in the laugh, "it'll never be choked by a footman's cravat, that's certain;
but, in regard to going back empty-handed," continued he, altering his tone, and
assuming a dignified air, "it's quite out of the question. A neat tale, giving little away. This I have sworn to do—this I will do. Surely our advice
would have been worth having, at any rate. Certain
information, it seems, has been received from a female, that Blueskin would be
at a flash-ken near the Chase at five o'clock to-day, and they're all set out in the
expectation of nabbing him. Sir John heard gossip about us—about Anna the recluse, a paragon
of virtue, and Annabel alias ‘Alcide’ a dancer at the cafés chantants, and
concerning whom there were many stories which were false, and a few—which
were true. Both advanced towards it,
when, by the light of the lantern, Wood beheld, in the countenance of the
stranger, the well-remembered and stern features of Rowland.
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