When she awoke from a pleasant dream an hour later,
she was shocked to find herself restrained in a bed that
was not hers and not the inn’s. Standing before a mirror set on a dresser between the windows, two hands
frozen in the act of adjusting a wide-brimmed hat on her head, stood a lady in a
dark riding habit, her startled features turned towards the door. McClintock laughed as he gave the letter to Ruth. Perhaps these few words were the first real
conscious words he had uttered in days. At nine o'clock, the
sheriffs arrived, followed by their officers and javelin-men. When the prisoner was brought
into this room, he was again questioned; but, continuing contumacious,
preparations were made for inflicting the torture. Stars
appeared in the periphery of her vision. “You see you do not know
how much of truth there is in his story. Ennison!”
He released her. "As soon as we've conveyed you to Newgate, I'll
accompany him. “Looks like old
times here, I see. "
"Come along, master," said the waterman. "
The woollen-draper made no answer, but hastily starting up, bolted the door. At this juncture, Sir Cecil and his followers appeared at the threshold. ‘What is it?’
‘Er—shouldn’t I tell—I mean, the young lady, sir—’
‘You can leave the young lady to me.
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