But he was at last
persuaded that I mean you no harm, and that I might—just possibly, since I am
both a gentleman and a major of militia—be able to be of more assistance to you
than he himself. "Only my darbies," returned Jack, clinking his chains. Just as
soon as I deal with this little tramp, I’m going to divorce
you and take every penny that you’ve ever made,
including your pension and your measly inheritance from
125
your dishrag of a father!”
Something in the little man’s mind snapped. Indeed, a note of weeping broke
her voice for a moment as she burst out, “You know as well as I do that money
was a loan!”
“Loan!”
“You yourself called it a loan!”
“Euphuism. And so,
the invasion really is to take place after all; and the Chevalier de Saint George is
to land at the Tower with fifty thousand Frenchmen; and the Hanoverian
usurper's to be beheaded; and Doctor Sacheverel's to be made a bishop, and
we're all to be—eh?"
"All in good time," returned Kneebone, putting his finger to his lips; "don't let
your imagination run away with you, my charmer. Do you know what Spurlock has done?"
"Mr.
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