Securing the chain in the best way he could, Jack then hurried down two pair of
stairs, and had nearly reached the lobby, when a door suddenly opened, and two
persons appeared, one of whom held a light. ’
‘But, sister, I—’
‘Get along!’
Melusine gave Jack a smile as he cast a worried look at her, and nodded
dismissal. If you had not brought your companion
here, it would not have happened. "My horse is at the
door, saddled, with pistols in the holsters,—mount him and fly. Gay," he added, turning to the poet. "
"He then," continued the woollen-draper, "is no longer considered—"
"How, Sir?" cried Thames, advancing, "what is the meaning of your reference to
my name? Have you dared to insult this lady? If so—"
"Insult her!" replied Kneebone, rising, and endeavouring to hide his
embarrassment under a look of defiance. A long chest under one of the windows was
open, some of its contents dragged out and spilling onto the floor. Had she not seen them go
forth with tracts in their pockets and grins in their beards? To set fire to his
imagination, to sting his sense of chivalry into being, to awaken his manhood,
she must present some irresistible project. The storm burst upon
them in its fury. It is to set me right with Winifred. Yet every now and then, during
the progress of the meal, his attention apparently wandered, and leaning forward
he glanced covertly at Anna with a curious mixture of expressions on his face.
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