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Jack Sheppard

CHAPTER XII
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Oh! Christ! de door's shut! It musht have schwung to during de schuffle!" "Shut!" exclaimed Wild.

"Then we're imprisoned.

The spring can't be opened on this side." "Dere's de other door!" cried Mendez, in alarm.
"It only leads to the fencing crib," replied Wild.

"There's no outlet that way." "Can't ve call for asshistanche ?" "And who'll find us, if we do ?" rejoined Wild, fiercely.

"But they _will_ find the evidences of slaughter in the other room,--the table upset,--the bloody cloth,--the dead man's sword,--the money,--and my memorandum, which I forgot to remove.


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