Sheppard had been confined,
Blueskin discovered a trap-door which he had not previously noticed. ”
“You disappoint me,” she said wearily. Having seen every precaution taken to ensure his safe
custody, he departed, muttering to himself, "I shall yet live to see him hanged—I
shall live to see him hanged. Wood,—Winifred fainted in
the arms of a female attendant,—and Wood standing beside them almost in a
state of distraction. She had
warned him. The little spot of rouge was vivid enough now
by reason of this new pallor, which seemed to draw the colour even from her
lips. The
Master of the Mint, with whom the Jacobite captain had often had transactions
before, vouched for their being men of honour and loyalty; and Kneebone was so
well satisfied with his representations, that he at once closed the matter by
administering to the applicants the oath of allegiance and fidelity to King James
the Third, and several other oaths besides, all of which those gentlemen took
with as little hesitation as the sum of money, afterwards tendered, to make the
compact binding. ”
“That’s horrible!” He gasped. “I heard nothing,” he declared, “and my ears are good. Instinct had forced her to create something
out of rags to satisfy a mysterious craving. Somebody tricked you
back yonder—baited you for spite. If he dies she is safe. "
"I think I remember reading something about your father in the papers,"
observed Wood.
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