In rushed Mr.
Wood, with a candle in his hand, which Jack instantly blew out, and darted down stairs.

He upset some one--probably Mr.Bird,--who was rushing up stairs, alarmed by Mr.Wood's cries: but, regardless of this, he darted along a passage, gained the shop, and passed through an open door into the street.
And thus he was once more free, having effected one of the most wonderful escapes ever planned or accomplished..