"What do you want with me ?" "A word in private," replied the other.
"Stand aside, Tom," commanded Kneebone.

"Now Sir," he added, glancing suspiciously at the applicant "your business ?" "My business is to acquaint you that Jack Sheppard has escaped, Mr.
Kneebone," returned Shotbolt.
"The deuce he has! Why, it's only a few hours since I beheld him chained down with half a hundred weight of iron, in the strongest ward at Newgate.

It's almost incredible.

Are you sure you're not misinformed, Sir ?" "I was in the Lodge at the time," replied the jailer.
"Then, of course, you must know.

Well, it's scarcely credible.