But I am here. A thickly-set, sandy young man, with an
unwholesome complexion and grease-smooth hair, had entered the room. The boat in which he rode was not
overset. A few words passed between him and the thief-taker as the latter came
up; after which, all the party—with the exception of Quilt, who was left on shore
—embarked within the wherry, which was pushed from the strand and rowed
swiftly along the stream—for the tide was in its favour—by a couple of
watermen. ”
“You all seem to be trying to pull my leg,” Sir John remarked quietly. Nothing
could exceed the dismay of these personages when they learnt why they had
been summoned. She heard it open, but as she felt unable to look round in a
careless manner she pretended not to hear it. "In the name of your lamented parent, whose memory I shall for ever revere, I
implore you to answer me," urged Kneebone, "why—why would you not accept
him?"
"Because our positions are different," replied Winifred, who could not resist this
appeal to her feelings. Sheppard repressed the scream that rose to her
lips, and both mother and son gazed with apprehension at the heavy figure of the
thief-taker, which, viewed in the twilight, seemed dilated to twice its natural size,
and appeared almost to block up the window. ”
“It is,” he replied, “the one humiliation of my life. Bon. ”
She nodded.
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