"If Jack Sheppard sups with Mr. “You were talking to that fellow Ramage to-day—in the Avenue. The account of the discovery of Sir Rowland's murder filled Winifred with alarm; but when she learnt what had befallen Thames—how he had been stricken down by the thief-taker's bludgeon, and left for dead, she uttered a piercing scream, fainted, and would have fallen, if Jack had not caught her in his arms. A victim of one of those mental typhoons that scatter irretrievably the barriers of instinct and breeding; and he had gone on the rocks all in a moment. Once again, he passed his hand over the surface and carefully noted all the obstacles. Opening the door he then stepped into a dark narrow passage leading, as he was well aware, to the chapel. ‘But you do not understand, mon ami. But I am not worthy to be any man's wife —far less his wife. I would like you to believe that the decision I have arrived at—to stay away—is wholly and entirely to save you pain. ” Chapter XXV THE STEEL EDGE OF THE TRUTH The manservant, with his plain black clothes and black tie, had entered the room with a deferential little gesture. “Here we are,” he said, “shining through each other like light through a stained-glass window. It was his particular hobby, and the leisure he had to apply to it had given him a remarkable appraising eye. He stopped short with a little exclamation of surprise.
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