6/12 Your time isn't come yet." "Mr.Wild," said Trenchard, "I shall proceed no further in this business. Set the boy free." "If I disobey you, Sir Rowland," replied the thief-taker, "you'll thank me for it hereafter. Gag him," he added, pushing Thames rudely toward Quilt Arnold, "and convey him to the boat." "A word," cried the boy, as the janizary was preparing to obey his master's orders. "What has become of Jack Sheppard ?" "Devil knows!" answered Quilt; "but I believe he's in the hands of Blueskin, so there's no doubt he'll soon be on the high-road to Tyburn." "Poor Jack!" sighed Thames. "You needn't gag me," he added, "I'll not cry out." "We won't trust you, my youngster," answered the janizary. |