31/32 If you have aided Jack Sheppard's escape, you shall owe your discharge to me also." "As you please, Sir," replied the tapstress, coolly. "And the next time Captain Darrell wants a witness, I promise you he shan't look for one in vain." "Ha! hussy, dare you threaten ?" cried Wild; but, checking himself, he turned to Ireton and asked, "How long have the women been gone ?" "Scarcely five minutes," replied the latter. A hundred pounds to the man who takes him." So saying, he rushed out, followed by Ireton and Langley. |