Above was a spacious hall, connected with it by a flight of stone steps, at the further end of which stood an immense grated door, called in the slang of the place "The Jigger," through the bars of which the felons in the upper wards were allowed to converse with their friends, or if they wished to enter the room, or join the revellers below, they were at liberty to do so, on payment of a small fine. She sought hastily in her mind for a plausible answer to an obvious question that didn’t come. How could she tell him what indeed already began to puzzle herself, why she had borrowed that money at all? The plain fact was that she had grabbed a bait. ” Her hand fell back into her lap. She had once reconciled in her mind that she was happy as long as she had him. Several people were passed out on the sectional sofa, and muffled noises emanated from other rooms indicating that the party’s embers were still smoldering, but John was nowhere to be seen. The fatal shower, from which he and his little charge escaped uninjured, had stricken his assailant and precipitated him into the boiling gulf. It would give me great pleasure if you would dine with me somewhere first. He thought, too, of the fretful invalid who lay in the next room to his, whose money had created his business and made his position in the world. “A very clear statement, madam,” he said. ” “Personally,” he went on, “I must confess to a great disappointment. I think a wife a needless incumbrance, and mean to die a bachelor. " "What!" she exclaimed, staring eagerly in his face. Fatigued by his previous exertions, and incumbered by his fetters, he was by no means—though ordinarily remarkably swift of foot—a match for his foes, who were fast gaining upon him.
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