Part 5
She had sent her father a telegram from the East Strand post-office worded
thus:
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All
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is
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well
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with
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and
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quite
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safe
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me
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and afterward she had dined a la carte upon a cutlet, and had then set herself
to write an answer to Mr. There was no
light in the room; but, notwithstanding this, the young man did not fail to detect
the buxom figure of Mrs. The man’s passion
became almost unbearable at the thought of losing her. Until two hours ago she was as contented and as
happy as a linnet. I——”
The door was thrown open. “Odd!” he remarked, rather surprisingly, after a little interval. Their example was immediately imitated by
the officers, constables, javelin men, and other attendants; and nothing was to be
heard but shouts of laughter and jesting,—nothing seen but the passing of
glasses, and the emptying of foaming jugs. Could you come to tea at my rooms one
afternoon, or would you dine with me somewhere, and do a theatre? We could
have a private room, of course, if you do not wish to be seen about London, and
a box at the theatre. It’s John. "I didn't expect this from you," rejoined Thames, resolutely. "You're right Jack," he said, after a pause, during which he contemplated the
picture with the most fixed attention: "this must have been my father!"
"No doubt of it," answered Sheppard; "only compare it with Winny's drawing,
and you'll find they're as like as two peas in a pod. An hour was then passed in conversation as to
the possibility of rendering any assistance to Jack; in deploring his unhappy
destiny; and in the consideration of the course to be pursued in reference to
Jonathan Wild. As he gazed down
into the courts of the prison, he could not help shuddering, lest a false step might
precipitate him below.
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