He has been lodged in every round-house in the metropolis, and has broken out of them all, and boasts that no prison can hold him. When she came in after dinner that night, Ruth was no longer an interesting phenomenon, something figuratively to tear apart and investigate: she was talismanic. "Added to which, she is neither so young as she was, nor, is her temper by any means improved—hem!" "Say no more on the subject, Sir," observed the stranger, gravely; "but let us turn to a more agreeable one—her daughter. A moment before he had been a strong man, she had been in his power, a poor helpless thing. This purse," he added, chinking it in the air, "and this ring, were given me for him just now by the lady, who made a false step on leaving your house. If you know her for the vicious, scheming wretch that she is, why in God’s name—?’ ‘She’s not a vicious, scheming wretch,’ Gerald said calmly. You see I am rather obstinate. I saw him last night at Jonathan Wild's, after my escape from the New Prison. He pulled away. And as he gave back the portfolio to Sir Rowland he contrived, unobserved, to slip the precious document into his sleeve, and from thence into his pocket. The hand which the man had been holding hung limp and nerveless at her side. Gosse took a step or two towards the centre of the room.
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