"I shan't sleep a wink while Jack Sheppard's in the house." "Keep in your own room, at all events," rejoined Kneebone.
"Very well," said Rachel, with a toss of her pretty head, "very well.
I'll have a peep at him, if I die for it," she muttered, as she went out.
Mr.Kneebone, then, sat down to await the arrival of his expected guest.
Half an hour passed, but Jack did not make his appearance.

The woollen-draper looked at his watch.

It was eleven o'clock.

Another long interval elapsed.

The watch was again consulted.