I tried it myself, Sir.

I'm as much astonished as you.

But I can't account for it!" "At all events, you shall answer for it," thundered Wild, with a bitter imprecation.
"He's not to blame," said Jack, rising.

"I opened the padlock with this crooked nail, which I found in the floor.

If you had arrived ten minutes later, or if there hadn't been an iron bar in the chimney, that hindered my progress, I should have been beyond your reach." "You talk boldly," replied Wild.