The account of the discovery of Sir Rowland's murder filled Winifred with alarm; but when she learnt what had befallen Thames—how he had been stricken down by the thief-taker's bludgeon, and left for dead, she uttered a piercing scream, fainted, and would have fallen, if Jack had not caught her in his arms. What he did not know was this: Ruth surrendered these little secrets because the doctor had warned her that the patient must be amused and interested. Sir Rowland is one of us," he added, winking at his companions, "and so was his brother-in-law, Sir Cecil Trafford. But give me till to-morrow—only till to-morrow—I may be able to part with him then. Little more’n a week. ’ The idiocy of it all irritated Melusine. "Where is he, then?" demanded the other, hastily. " And he tossed it carelessly into the bottom of the boat. You'll do. ‘There was a priest, the father confessor, you understand. ’ She drew a heavy breath. "Now, if as I suspect,—from the documents just placed in your possession,—Sir Rowland meditates doing you justice after his departure, it is possible his intentions may be frustrated by the machinations of Wild, whose interest is obviously to prevent such an occurrence, unless we can surprise them together, and, by proving to Sir Rowland that we possess the power of compelling a restitution of your rights, force the other treacherous villain into compliance. The waterman sheltered his mouth with his hand while he spoke, or his voice would have been carried away by the violence of the blast.
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