“It’s the stir of spring,” he said. It was precisely two o'clock on the morning of Whit-monday, the 25th of May 1724, when the remarkable escape before detailed was completed: and, though it wanted full two hours to daybreak, the glimmer of a waning moon prevented it from being totally dark. This was occasioned by Jonathan Wild, who was seen to mount his horse and join the train. “Never—but, by Jove, you had a narrow escape,” Ennison exclaimed. Kneebone, who had drained his glass to the restoration of the house of Stuart, and the downfall of the house of Hanover, more frequently than was consistent with prudence, consented; and the trio set out for Wych Street, where they arrived in the jolliest humour possible. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility, conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made; —how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. Sheppard, disregarding the taunt, "come away. And, incidentally, check on that unfortunate young fellow Kimble. The Dawn Pearl; how well they had named her! The pearl without price—his and not his! He took her arm and drew it under his; and together they went down the veranda steps. Resolution, severity, subtlety, were required for it; and these were qualities which Jonathan possessed in an extraordinary degree. I wrote three letters yesterday and tore them up. He had set out to win her, and she had let him start. But nothing followed to indicate that the liquid had stimulated the heart. The latter looked very pale, either from the effect of his wound, which was not yet entirely healed, or from suppressed emotion,—partly, perhaps, from both causes,—and wore his left arm in a sling. " "Oh, that!" He raised his head, staring at her in blank astonishment.
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