“Before this there was a sort of restraint—a make-believe. “Nigel is like all men,” Lady Lescelles continued. Sheppard, as I told you, is in Bedlam, an incurable maniac; while her son is in the New Prison, whence he will only be removed to Newgate and Tyburn. ” 174 < 21 > THANKSGIVING She padded softly up the old stairs, exhausted and elated. It was like pouring a strong acid over dulled metal. ” She smiled at him, an understanding smile, but her words defied him. They simply understood there was a greater need to get over the past than to talk about it. “Don’t tell anyone I told you this. "With the help of his comrade, Jack Sheppard, the young rascal made a bold push to get out of the round-house, where my janizaries had lodged him, and would have succeeded too, if, by good luck,—for the devil never deserts so useful an agent as I am, Sir Rowland,—I hadn't arrived in time to prevent him. "Shall I never banish those horrible phantoms from my couch—the father with his bleeding breast and dripping hair!—the mother with her wringing hands and looks of vengeance and reproach!—And must another be added to their number—their son! Horror!—let me be spared this new crime! And yet the gibbet—my name tarnished—my escutcheon blotted by the hangman!—No, I cannot submit to that. But the mere recognition of his son’s signature was enough to stoke the fires of his long-held rage. "You have both," replied Wood, fervently.
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