. At length, about an hour before dawn on the second day—Sunday—having spent the early part of the night in watching at the gates of the robbers' sanctuary, and being almost exhausted from want of rest, she set out homewards. ‘Because,’ said Lady Bicknacre in the confidential manner of all matrons when passing on a tidbit of scandal, ‘Nicholas married against his father’s wishes and ran away. It warms me, and lights me, and fills my world with flowers. He it was who formed the grand design of a robber corporation, of which he should be the sole head and director, with the right of delivering those who concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him, to the gallows. He was smiling under his heavy mustache, and his head was a little on one side as he looked at her. . Emerging from this aperture, he was about to descend, when he was alarmed by hearing the tramp of horses' feet swiftly approaching, and had only time to hide himself behind one of the largest signboards before alluded to when two horsemen rode up. " "Give me the brandy, and I'll tell you," replied Wood. ’ ‘Pottiswick, you mean, miss?’ ‘Yes, yes. This was irregular. Sleep did not come easily, but eventually her mind stopped its chattering and she fell into a deep slumber.
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