Uttering a few inarticulate ejaculations,—for he was completely out of breath,— the fugitive placed a bundle in the arms of the carpenter, and, regardless of the consternation he excited in the breast of that personage, who was almost stupified with astonishment, he began to divest himself of a heavy horseman's cloak, which he threw over Wood's shoulder, and, drawing his sword, seemed to listen intently for the approach of his pursuers. As she talked she made weak little gestures with her hands, and she thrust her face forward from her bent shoulders; and she peered sometimes at Ann Veronica and sometimes at a photograph of the Axenstrasse, near Fluelen, that hung upon the wall. Indignation carried her through that night, that men and the world could so entreat her. Sheppard's weight had destroyed the equilibrium of the plank: it swerved, and slowly descended. She was shocked. ‘Certainly you may have me under guard. The door was fastened by a catch and a latch with an inside key, to which at night a chain and two bolts were added. I know there’s a sort of right in your impatience at the slowness of Progress. This he accomplished by holding the chain that connected them firmly between his teeth, and squeezing his fingers as closely together as possible, succeeded in drawing his wrists through the manacles. ” He left the room, and she stood motionless, with flaming cheeks, listening to his retreating footsteps.
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