She heard it open, but as she felt unable to look round in a careless manner she pretended not to hear it. Unlocking several doors, he came to a dark vault, that would have rivalled the gloomiest cell in Newgate, into which he thrust Thames, and fastened the door. "I have never been out of this horrible dungeon since we last met," he said; "though how long ago that is, I scarcely know. ’ Footsteps sounded just outside, and Captain Roding walked in. He began munching his water-chestnuts—a small brown radish-shaped vegetable, with the flavour of coconut—that grow along the river brims. ‘It is seldom enough I am visited by anyone at all, let alone a personable young redcoat. You don’t know. The address was of course her destination, thousands of miles away, an infinitesimal spot in a terrifying space. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. "If you arrest him, you must arrest me also. How Jack Sheppard's Portrait was painted.
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