This, then, was the cause of the widow's wild inexplicable look,—of her sudden shriek! Explaining his suspicious in a whisper to Jack's captor, who proved to be a church-warden and a constable, by name John Dump,—Mr. Who is the beautiful intruder? And why does she disguise herself as a nun? Why is she involved in an enterprise both foolhardy and dangerous? The girl’s accent suggests an émigré but Mademoiselle insists she is English. "I'll see him fettered myself. I thought it better not to send him away till I'd mentioned the circumstance to you. ‘As for your dagger—’ She held out her hand palm up, as if she expected him to give her the weapon. The features were indistinct, but was that not a halo of white about it? And the dark shadow below, was that a cloak, or the habit of a nun? Skirting the dancing, from which he had taken a breather—not from lack of energy, but to escape the inanities of the young ladies he had partnered—Gerald made his way to a side door in the saloon and opened it. " "A very sufficient reason," answered the jailer. “But I wanted to see you. Near by stood Ah Cum and the young unknown, the former protesting gently, the latter insistent upon his demands. Anna——” Again she stopped him, but this time it was not so easy. “I can’t help saying it,” she said, with the quality of her voice altering, “but I do NOT think it is right for an unprotected girl to be in London alone as you are. Gerald watched her perambulations in silence, his heart wrung. I took the money myself, and ought to know. ‘Is he meeting you here then, my dear?’ ‘He had better,’ said Lucilla.
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