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Jack Sheppard

CHAPTER XIX
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Here," he added, throwing a handbill on the bed, "are the particulars of the burglary, with the reward for Jack's apprehension." "Ah!" ejaculated the widow, hiding her face.
"Come," said Wild, turning authoritatively to Jack,--"you have overstayed your time." "Do not go with him, Jack!" shrieked his mother.

"Do not--do not!" "He _must!_" thundered Jonathan, "or he goes to jail." "If you must go to prison, I will go with you," cried Mrs.Sheppard: "but avoid that man as you would a serpent." "Come along," thundered Jonathan.
"Hear me, Jack!" shrieked his mother.

"You know not what you do.

The wretch you confide in has sworn to hang you.

As I hope for mercy, I speak the truth!--let him deny it if he can." "Pshaw!" said Wild.


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