9/17 Oh! that I should have nursed such a viper!" "Hear me, Sir," said Jack. "I had no thought of injuring your wife, and would have died rather than commit so foul a crime." "Think not to delude me, audacious wretch," cried the carpenter. "Even if you are not a principal, you are an accessory. If you had not brought your companion here, it would not have happened. But you shall swing, rascal,--you shall swing." "My conscience acquits me of all share in the offence," replied Jack, humbly. |