"The devil you have! Then, perhaps, you can tell me when he intends to put his threat into execution?" "What threat?" asked Jackson. There sat Jack, evidently in the last stage of intoxication, with his collar opened, his dress disarranged, a pipe in his mouth, a bowl of punch and a halfemptied rummer before him,—there he sat, receiving and returning, or rather attempting to return,—for he was almost past consciousness,—the blandishments of a couple of females, one of whom had passed her arm round his neck, while the other leaned over the back of his chair and appeared from her gestures to be whispering soft nonsense into his ear. He continued to do this for the rest of the evening intermittently, in and out, among other topics. ‘You and Jarvis Remenham both, yes. ’ Before the major could verify this, the lady reappeared. They drove rapidly through the emptying streets. Was the girl seriously expecting him to pull the trigger? Lord, but she had courage! ‘Shoot, then,’ urged the lady. Go to her, I say, and take her in your arms, you poor benighted Ironsides! I can't make you see. These cogitations were interrupted by the entrance of the doctor. Also, you must send someone to fetch my horse—at least, it is not mine but I have borrowed it to come here—because it will be dark very soon and—’ ‘Woof! Hold it, hold it,’ begged the sergeant. " And he struck up the following ballad:— SAINT GILES'S BOWL. ‘Are you going to come quietly, mademoiselle?’ he demanded with grim determination. ‘Obstinate fool!’ She saw Gosse raise a hand, and dug into her nun’s habit for the knife she had not thought to need. I don’t want to bother you, of course. The doctor turned quickly and made for the door, which he opened and shut gently because he was assured that Ruth was listening across the hall for any sign of violence.
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