By and by he gathered enough courage to lean toward her. Trodger was lying in wait at the bottom of the narrow stairs. Wearied at length with thinking on the past, and terrified by the prospect of the future, he threw himself on the straw with which the cage was littered, and endeavoured to compose himself to slumber. But never had the hand touched her with a father's caress; never had he taken her into his arms; never had he kissed her. It was she—— Anna’s nerves were not easily shaken, but she found herself suddenly clutching at the table for support. And this damning evidence―’ with a brusque gesture at the portrait ‘―must also be destroyed. "Ah!" she screamed, seeing the uplifted weapon in Sheppard's hand, "don't hurt Thames—don't, dear Jack! If you want to kill somebody, kill me, not him. "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. “MY DEAR MISS PELLISSIER,— “To-morrow the six months will be up. ’ The dimple that so fascinated Melusine peeped in her great-aunt’s cheek. She addressed Anna with a beaming smile and a very creditable mixture of condescension and officiousness. “We are so interested to hear, Miss Pellissier,” she said, “that you have been living in Paris. They’re just all men, and no one is safe from scandal.
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