To be no longer with Martha was strange. Rotten, and covered with a thick coat of dirt, the boards of the floor presented a
very insecure footing; the bare walls were scored all over with grotesque
designs, the chief of which represented the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar. "Gracious Heaven!—is she the
inmate of a mad-house?"
"She is, Sir," answered the woollen-draper, sadly, "driven there by her son's
misconduct. And, if I'd my own way, I'd drown 'em all like a litter o'
puppies. ’
‘I thank you,’ Gerald said drily. “Just forget it, Lucy! Keep your secrets to yourself!”
He stomped out, slamming the heavily paneled oak door. ‘Seems to me
like you know just about as much as me. "Hell's curses!" muttered Jonathan between his teeth; "that fool will ruin all. I never want you to be ashamed of me. “No, stay, Lucy. ”
“I suppose,” Ennison said, “the likeness between the sisters must be rather
exceptional?”
“I never saw the goody-goody one close to, so I can’t say,” Drummond
answered. "But, what of that? It'll be a
lesson to him in future, and will show him the folly of doing a good-natured
action!"
But perceiving that his companion did not relish his pleasantry and fearing that
his sympathy for the carpenter's situation might betray him into some act of
imprudence, Jonathan, without further remark, and by way of putting an end to
the discussion, let himself drop through the roof. "It gladdens me to hear you talk thus, Joan," said Wood, in a voice of much
emotion, while his eyes filled with tears, "and more than repays me for all I have
done for you. One night, about this time, just as Austin was about to lock the great gate,
Jonathan Wild and his two janizaries entered the Lodge with a prisoner bound
hand and foot.
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