Andnow
,
my
lord
,
"
he
added
,
hastily
wiping
his
eyes
and
assuming
a
calm
demeanour
,
"
seek
not
to
deter
me
from
my
purpose
—
and
let
us
close
our
lips
upon
this
too
painful
subject
!
"
"
Be
it
as
you
will
,
my
good
friend
,
"
said
the
Prince
.
"
But
for
this
night
,
at
all
events
,
you
will
make
my
house
your
home
.
"
Gibbet
gave
a
reluctant
consent
;
and
,
when
his
feelings
were
entirely
calmed
,
Richard
introduced
him
into
the
drawing-room
where
Isabella
,
Katherine
and
her
husband
,
Ellen
and
Mr.
Monroe
were
seated
.
And
here
the
reader
may
exclaim
,
"
What
!
present
the
hump-back
orphan
of
the
late
hangman
to
that
elegant
,
refined
,
and
accomplished
Princess
whose
father
sits
upon
a
throne
!
"
Yes
,
reader
:
and
it
was
precisely
because
this
poor
creature
was
deformed
—
an
orphan
—
with
what
many
might
term
a
stigma
on
his
parentage
—
and
so
lonely
and
desolate
in
the
world
,
that
Richard
Markham
took
him
by
the
hand
,
and
introduced
him
into
the
bosom
of
his
domesticity
.
But
the
Prince
also
knew
that
the
unfortunate
hump-back
possessed
a
heart
that
might
have
done
honour
to
a
monarch
;
and
our
hero
looked
not
to
personal
appearance
—
nor
to
birth
—
nor
to
fortune
—
nor
to
name
,
—
but
to
the
qualities
of
the
mind
!
And
Isabella
,
who
had
heard
all
the
previous
history
of
those
with
whom
Katherine
had
passed
so
many
years
of
her
life
,
welcomed
that
poor
deformed
creature
even
as
her
husband
had
welcomed
him
,
—
welcomed
him
,
too
,
the
more
kindly
because
he
was
so
deformed
!
But
we
shall
not
dwell
upon
this
scene
:
—
we
shall
leave
our
readers
to
picture
to
themselves
the
delight
of
Katherine
at
beholding
him
whom
she
had
long
believed
to
be
her
cousin
,
and
who
was
ever
ready
to
catch
the
stripes
that
were
destined
for
her
,
—
her
sorrow
when
she
heard
of
the
death
of
the
hump-back
's
father
,
—
and
the
happiness
experienced
by
Gibbet
himself
at
passing
an
evening
in
the
society
of
the
inmates
of
Markham
Place
.
Accident
enabled
him
to
obtain
a
few
moments
'
conversation
aside
with
Ellen
;
and
to
her
he
broke
in
as
few
words
but
in
as
delicate
a
manner
as
possible
,
the
sad
news
which
he
had
to
communicate
relative
to
Greenwood
.
The
young
lady
suppressed
her
grief
as
well
as
she
could
;
but
she
shortly
afterwards
pleaded
indisposition
and
retired
early
to
her
room
—
there
to
ponder
and
weep
,
without
fear
of
interruption
,
over
the
fallen
fortunes
of
her
husband
!
On
the
following
morning
,
Gibbet
—
true
to
his
resolve
,
which
our
hero
no
longer
attempted
to
shake
—
took
his
departure
from
Markham
Place
,
laden
with
the
presents
which
had
been
forced
upon
him
,
and
followed
by
the
kindest
wishes
of
those
good
friends
whom
he
left
behind
.
CHAPTER
CCLVI
.
ELIZA
SYDNEY
AND
ELLEN
.
—
THE
HOSPITAL
.
Eliza
Sydney
had
just
sate
down
to
breakfast
,
when
a
cab
drove
hastily
up
to
the
door
of
the
villa
,
and
Ellen
alighted
from
the
vehicle
.
The
moment
she
entered
the
parlour
,
Eliza
advanced
to
meet
her
,
saying
,
"
My
dearest
friend
,
I
can
divine
the
cause
of
this
early
visit
;
—
and
,
indeed
,
had
you
not
come
to
me
,
it
was
my
intention
to
have
called
upon
you
without
delay
.
"
Ellen
heard
these
remarks
with
unfeigned
surprise
.
"
Sit
down
,
and
compose
yourself
,
"
continued
Eliza
,
"
while
I
explain
to
you
certain
matters
which
it
is
now
proper
that
you
should
know
.
"
"
Heaven
grant
that
you
have
no
evil
tidings
to
communicate
!
"
exclaimed
Ellen
,
taking
a
chair
near
her
friend
,
upon
whose
countenance
she
turned
a
look
of
mingled
curiosity
and
suspense
.
"
Be
not
alarmed
,
dear
Ellen
,
"
answered
Eliza
:
"
my
object
is
to
serve
and
befriend
you
—
for
I
know
that
at
this
moment
you
require
a
friend
!
"
"
Oh
!
indeed
I
do
,
"
cried
Ellen
,
bursting
into
tears
.
"
But
is
it
possible
that
you
are
acquainted
with
—
—
"
"
With
all
your
history
,
my
dear
friend
,
"
interrupted
Eliza
.
"
All
my
history
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
.
"
Yes
—
all
.
But
let
me
not
keep
you
in
suspense
.
In
a
few
words
let
me
assure
you
that
there
is
no
important
event
of
your
life
unknown
to
me
.
"
"
Then
,
my
dearest
friend
,
"
cried
Ellen
,
throwing
herself
into
Eliza
's
arms
,
"
you
are
aware
that
my
husband
is
lying
in
a
common
hospital
—
and
that
it
breaks
my
heart
to
think
of
the
depth
into
which
he
has
fallen
from
a
position
once
elevated
and
proud
!
"
"
Yes
,
"
answered
Eliza
,
returning
the
embrace
of
friendship
;
"
I
learnt
that
sad
event
last
evening
—
a
few
hours
after
it
occurred
;
and
hence
my
intention
to
visit
you
this
morning
.
But
I
am
better
pleased
that
you
should
have
come
hither
—
because
we
can
converse
at
our
ease
.
You
must
know
,
my
dear
friend
,
that
a
few
years
ago
I
received
some
wrong
at
the
hands
of
him
who
has
now
every
claim
upon
the
sympathy
of
the
charitable
heart
.
"
"
You
speak
of
my
husband
,
Eliza
?
"
cried
Ellen
.
"
Were
you
also
wronged
by
him
?
Oh
!
how
many
,
alas
!
can
tell
the
same
tale
!
"
"
He
attempted
to
wrong
me
,
Ellen
—
but
did
not
succeed
,
"
answered
Eliza
,
emphatically
:
"
twice
he
sought
to
ruin
me
—
and
twice
Providence
interposed
to
save
me
.
Pardon
me
,
if
I
mention
these
facts
;
but
they
are
necessary
to
justify
my
subsequent
conduct
in
respect
to
him
.
"
"
Oh
!
ask
me
not
to
pardon
aught
that
you
may
do
or
may
have
done
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
:
"
for
your
goodness
of
heart
is
an
unquestionable
guarantee
for
the
propriety
of
your
actions
.
"
"
You
flatter
me
,
my
dear
friend
,
"
said
Eliza
;
"
and
yet
God
knows
how
pure
have
been
my
intentions
through
life
!
Let
us
not
,
however
,
waste
time
by
unnecessary
comment
:
listen
rather
while
I
state
a
few
facts
which
need
be
concealed
from
you
no
longer
.
Aware
,
then
,
that
he
who
has
so
long
passed
by
the
name
of
George
Montague
Greenwood
—
—
"
"
Ah
!
"
cried
Ellen
,
with
a
start
:
"
you
know
that
also
?
"
"
Have
patience
—
and
you
shall
soon
learn
the
extent
of
my
information
upon
this
subject
,
"
said
Eliza
.
"
I
was
about
to
inform
you
that
a
knowledge
of
the
character
of
him
whom
we
must
still
call
George
Greenwood
,
gave
me
the
idea
of
adopting
some
means
to
check
,
if
not
altogether
to
counteract
,
those
schemes
by
which
he
sought
alike
to
enrich
himself
dishonourably
and
to
gratify
his
thirst
after
illicit
pleasure
.
During
the
first
year
of
my
residence
in
Castelcicala
I
sent
over
a
faithful
agent
to
enter
,
if
possible
,
the
service
of
Mr.
Greenwood
.
He
succeeded
,
and
—
—
"
"
Filippo
Dorsenni
!
"
exclaimed
Ellen
,
a
light
breaking
in
upon
her
mind
:
"
Oh
now
I
comprehend
it
all
!
"
"
And
are
you
angry
with
me
for
having
thus
placed
a
spy
upon
the
actions
of
your
husband
?
"
inquired
Eliza
,
in
a
sweet
tone
of
conciliation
.
"
Oh
!
no
—
no
,
"
cried
Ellen
:
"
on
the
contrary
,
I
rejoice
!
For
doubtless
you
have
saved
him
from
the
commission
of
many
misdeeds
!
"
"
I
have
indeed
,
Ellen
,
"
was
the
reply
;
"
and
amongst
them
may
be
reckoned
your
escape
from
his
snares
,
when
he
had
you
carried
away
to
his
house
in
the
country
.
"
"
Yes
—
that
escape
was
effected
by
the
aid
of
Filippo
,
"
said
Ellen
;
"
and
the
same
generous
man
also
assisted
me
to
save
the
life
of
Richard
on
that
terrible
night
when
his
enemies
sought
to
murder
him
near
Globe
Town
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
my
dear
friend
,
"
observed
Eliza
,
"
you
see
that
the
presence
of
Filippo
in
England
effected
much
good
.
I
may
also
mention
to
you
the
fact
that
when
Richard
accompanied
General
Grachia
's
expeditionary
force
to
Castelcicala
,
I
was
forewarned
of
the
intended
invasion
by
means
of
a
letter
from
Filippo
:
and
that
letter
enjoined
me
to
save
the
life
of
him
who
has
since
obtained
so
distinguished
a
renown
.
Filippo
had
heard
you
speak
in
such
glowing
colours
of
Richard
's
generous
nature
and
noble
disposition
,
that
he
was
induced
to
implore
me
to
adopt
measures
so
that
not
a
hair
of
his
head
might
be
injured
.
And
,
oh
!
when
I
consider
all
that
has
occurred
,
I
cannot
for
one
moment
regret
that
intervention
on
my
part
which
saved
our
friend
in
order
to
fulfil
such
glorious
destinies
!
"
"
But
how
was
it
,
my
dearest
Eliza
,
"
asked
Ellen
,
"
that
you
discovered
those
secrets
which
so
especially
regard
me
?
"
"
In
one
word
,
"
replied
the
royal
widow
,
"
Filippo
overheard
that
scene
which
occurred
between
yourself
and
Greenwood
when
you
restored
him
the
pocket-book
that
you
had
found
;
and
on
that
occasion
you
called
him
by
a
name
which
was
not
George
!
"
"
Ah
!
I
remember
—
yes
,
I
remember
!
"
cried
Ellen
,
recalling
to
mind
the
details
of
that
memorable
meeting
to
which
Eliza
Sydney
alluded
.
"
Thus
Filippo
learnt
a
great
secret
,
"
continued
the
royal
widow
;
"
and
in
due
time
it
was
communicated
to
me
,
by
whom
it
has
been
retained
inviolate
until
now
.
Nor
should
I
have
ever
touched
upon
the
topic
with
you
,
had
not
this
accident
which
has
occurred
to
your
husband
rendered
it
necessary
for
me
to
show
you
that
while
I
am
prepared
to
assist
you
in
aught
that
may
concern
his
welfare
,
I
am
only
aiding
the
virtuous
intentions
of
a
wife
towards
him
whom
she
has
sworn
at
the
altar
to
love
and
reverence
.
"
Ellen
again
threw
herself
into
the
arms
of
the
generous-hearted
widow
,
upon
whose
bosom
she
poured
forth
tears
of
the
most
profound
gratitude
.
"
And
now
,
"
said
Eliza
,
"
can
you
tell
me
in
which
manner
I
can
serve
you
—
or
rather
your
husband
?
"
"
My
first
and
most
anxious
wish
,
"
returned
Ellen
,
"
is
that
he
should
be
removed
,
as
soon
as
possible
,
to
some
place
where
tranquillity
and
ease
may
await
him
.
Sincerely
—
sincerely
do
I
hope
that
his
heart
may
have
been
touched
by
recent
misfortunes
—
—
"
"
Yes
—
and
by
the
contemplation
,
even
from
a
distance
,
of
that
excellent
example
which
the
character
of
Richard
affords
,
"
added
Eliza
,
emphatically
.
"
And
yet
,
"
continued
Ellen
,
mournfully
,
"
I
know
his
proud
disposition
so
well
,
that
he
will
not
permit
his
secret
to
be
revealed
one
minute
before
the
appointed
time
:
he
will
not
allow
himself
to
be
conveyed
to
that
place
where
he
would
be
received
with
so
much
heart-felt
joy
!
"
"
This
is
your
conviction
?
"
said
Eliza
,
interrogatively
.
"
My
firm
conviction
,
"
answered
Ellen
.
"
Then
listen
to
my
proposal
,
"
exclaimed
the
widow
,
after
a
brief
pause
.
"
Filippo
shall
be
instructed
to
hire
some
neatly
furnished
house
in
the
neighbourhood
of
Islington
;
and
thither
may
your
husband
be
removed
so
soon
as
the
medical
attendants
at
the
hospital
will
permit
.
It
is
not
necessary
for
him
to
know
that
any
living
soul
save
yourself
,
Ellen
,
has
interfered
to
procure
him
those
comforts
which
he
shall
enjoy
,
and
to
furnish
which
my
purse
shall
supply
you
with
ample
means
.
"
"
Dearest
friend
,
"
exclaimed
Ellen
,
"
it
was
your
kind
counsel
that
I
came
to
solicit
—
and
you
have
afforded
me
the
advice
most
suitable
to
my
own
wishes
.
But
,
thanks
to
the
generosity
of
Richard
towards
my
father
and
myself
,
I
possess
sufficient
resources
to
ensure
every
comfort
to
my
husband
.
And
,
oh
!
if
he
will
but
consent
to
this
project
,
I
can
see
him
often
—
yes
,
daily
—
and
under
my
care
he
will
speedily
recover
!
"
"
Then
delay
not
in
repairing
to
the
hospital
to
visit
and
console
him
,
"
said
Eliza
,
"
and
Filippo
,
whom
I
expect
to
call
presently
,
shall
this
very
day
seek
a
comfortable
abode
to
receive
your
husband
when
his
removal
may
be
effected
with
safety
.
"
Ellen
expressed
the
deepest
gratitude
to
her
friend
for
the
kind
interest
thus
manifested
in
behalf
of
herself
and
her
husband
;
and
,
having
taken
an
affectionate
leave
of
the
royal
widow
,
she
repaired
to
Saint
Bartholomew
's
Hospital
.
The
clock
of
the
establishment
was
striking
eleven
when
Ellen
alighted
from
the
cab
at
the
entrance
in
Duke
Street
;
and
,
having
inquired
her
way
to
the
Casualty
Ward
,
she
crossed
the
courtyard
towards
the
department
of
the
building
where
her
husband
lay
.
Ascending
a
wide
staircase
,
she
reached
a
landing
,
where
she
accosted
a
nurse
who
was
passing
from
one
room
to
another
at
the
moment
.
Ellen
intimated
her
request
to
see
the
gentleman
who
was
brought
in
with
a
broken
leg
on
the
preceding
afternoon
.
"
Well
,
ma'am
,
"
answered
the
nurse
,
"
you
could
n't
possibly
have
applied
to
a
better
person
;
for
I
'm
at
the
head
of
that
ward
,
and
I
shall
be
most
happy
to
obleege
you
.
But
surely
a
charming
young
lady
like
you
will
be
afeard
to
go
into
a
place
where
there
's
a
many
male
inwalids
all
in
bed
?
"
"
The
gentleman
to
whom
the
accident
has
happened
,
is
very
dear
to
me
,
"
said
Ellen
,
in
a
low
tone
,
and
with
tears
trickling
down
her
cheeks
.
"
Ah
!
poor
dear
thing
—
his
sister
,
may
be
?
"
observed
Mrs.
Jubkins
.
"
Yes
—
I
am
his
sister
,
"
replied
Ellen
,
eagerly
catching
at
the
hint
with
which
the
curiosity
of
the
woman
furnished
her
.
"
Then
I
'm
sure
,
my
pretty
dear
,
"
said
the
nurse
,
"
there
's
no
harm
in
seeing
your
brother
.
But
stay
—
just
step
into
this
room
for
a
moment
—
there
's
only
one
old
woman
in
it
,
—
while
I
go
into
the
male
Casualty
and
see
that
every
thing
's
proper
and
decent
to
receive
such
a
sweet
creatur
'
as
you
are
.
"
Thus
speaking
,
Mrs.
Jubkins
threw
open
the
door
of
a
small
room
,
into
which
she
showed
Ellen
,
who
availed
herself
of
that
opportunity
to
slip
a
guinea
into
her
hand
.
Mrs.
Jubkins
expressed
her
thanks
by
a
nod
,
and
hurried
away
with
the
assurance
that
she
should
not
be
many
minutes
absent
.
When
the
door
had
closed
behind
the
nurse
,
Ellen
surveyed
,
with
a
rapid
glance
,
the
room
in
which
she
now
found
herself
.
It
was
small
,
but
exquisitely
clean
and
well
ventilated
.
There
were
four
beds
in
the
place
,
only
one
of
which
was
occupied
.
Obeying
a
mechanical
impulse
,
rather
than
any
sentiment
of
curiosity
,
Ellen
glanced
towards
that
couch
which
was
tenanted
by
an
invalid
;
but
she
started
with
mingled
surprise
and
horror
as
her
own
bright
eyes
encountered
the
glassy
ones
that
stared
at
her
from
the
pillow
.
For
a
moment
she
averted
her
head
as
if
from
some
loathsome
spectacle
;
but
again
she
looked
towards
the
bed
,
to
satisfy
herself
whether
the
suspicion
which
had
struck
her
were
correct
or
not
.
Yes
—
that
idea
was
indeed
well-founded
;
for
there
—
in
a
dying
state
,
with
her
hideous
countenance
rendered
ghastly
by
disease
—
lay
the
old
hag
of
Golden
Lane
!
A
faint
attempt
at
a
smile
relaxed
the
rigid
expression
of
the
harridan
's
death-like
face
,
as
she
recognised
Ellen
;
and
her
toothless
jaws
moved
for
a
moment
as
if
she
were
endeavouring
to
speak
:
—
but
she
evidently
had
not
strength
to
utter
a
word
.
All
on
a
sudden
the
boundless
aversion
which
the
young
lady
entertained
towards
the
wretch
,
became
changed
into
a
sentiment
of
deep
commiseration
;
and
Ellen
exclaimed
involuntarily
,
"
Oh
!
it
is
terrible
to
die
thus
—
in
a
hospital
—
and
without
a
friend
!
"
The
bed
shook
as
if
with
a
convulsive
shudder
on
the
part
of
the
hag
,
whose
countenance
,
upturned
towards
Ellen
,
wore
an
expression
which
—
intelligible
amidst
all
the
ghastly
ugliness
of
that
face
—
seemed
to
say
,
"
Is
it
possible
that
you
can
feel
pity
for
me
?
"
Ellen
understood
what
was
passing
in
the
old
woman
's
mind
at
the
moment
;
and
,
advancing
nearer
to
the
couch
,
she
said
in
a
tone
tremulous
with
emotions
,
"
If
you
seek
forgiveness
at
my
hands
for
any
injury
which
your
pernicious
counsels
and
your
fatal
aid
ever
did
me
,
I
accord
it
—
Oh
!
God
knows
how
willingly
I
accord
it
!
For
,
though
after
my
fall
I
long
remained
callous
to
a
sense
of
virtue
,
and
acknowledged
only
the
fear
of
shame
as
the
motive
for
avoiding
farther
frailty
,
yet
since
I
became
a
wife
—
for
I
am
a
wife
,
"
she
added
proudly
,
—
"
holier
and
better
thoughts
have
taken
up
their
abode
in
my
soul
;
and
good
examples
have
restored
my
mind
to
its
former
purity
!
Thus
,
then
,
I
can
forgive
thee
with
sincerity
—
for
the
injuries
and
wrongs
I
have
endured
through
thy
counsels
,
are
past
and
gone
!
"
At
that
moment
the
door
opened
,
and
Mrs.
Jubkins
returned
to
the
room
.
Ellen
cast
another
glance
of
forgiveness
upon
the
hag
and
hurried
into
the
passage
.
"
What
ails
that
old
woman
?
"
she
asked
,
in
a
low
tone
,
when
the
door
had
closed
behind
herself
and
the
nurse
.
"
It
seems
,
by
all
I
can
hear
,
Miss
,
"
replied
the
hospital
nurse
,
"
that
the
old
woman
had
saved
up
a
little
money
;
and
as
she
lived
in
a
low
neighbourhood
,
I
'
spose
it
got
wind
amongst
the
thieves
and
housebreakers
.
At
all
events
a
burglar
broke
into
her
place
one
night
,
about
a
week
ago
;
and
because
she
resisted
,
he
beat
her
in
such
a
cruel
way
that
all
her
ribs
was
broke
and
one
of
her
thighs
fractured
—
so
I
'
spose
he
must
have
thrown
her
down
and
jumped
on
her
.
The
rascal
got
clean
off
with
all
the
money
she
had
;
and
a
policeman
going
his
rounds
,
saw
that
the
house
where
she
lived
had
been
broken
open
.
He
went
in
,
and
found
the
old
creatur
'
nearly
dead
.
She
was
brought
here
;
and
when
she
had
recovered
a
little
,
she
mumbled
a
few
words
,
telling
just
what
I
've
now
told
you
.
Oh
!
yes
,
"
added
the
nurse
,
recollecting
herself
,
"
and
she
also
said
who
the
thief
was
;
for
when
questioned
about
that
point
,
she
was
just
able
to
whisper
a
dreadful
name
—
so
dreadful
that
it
haunts
me
in
my
dreams
.
"
"
What
was
that
name
which
sounded
so
terrible
?
"
asked
Ellen
,
with
some
degree
of
curiosity
.
"
The
Resurrection
Man
,
"
replied
the
nurse
,
shuddering
visibly
.
"
And
no
sooner
had
the
old
woman
said
those
shocking
words
,
than
she
lost
her
voice
altogether
,
and
has
never
had
the
use
of
it
since
.
We
put
her
into
that
room
to
keep
her
quiet
;
but
she
ca
n't
live
out
the
week
—
and
her
sufferings
at
times
are
quite
horrible
.
"
As
she
uttered
these
words
Mrs.
Jubkins
opened
a
door
at
the
end
of
the
passage
,
and
conducted
Ellen
into
the
room
where
her
husband
was
lying
.
For
a
moment
the
young
lady
recoiled
from
the
appearance
of
that
large
apartment
,
filled
with
beds
in
which
there
lay
pillowed
so
many
ghastly
faces
;
but
this
emotion
was
as
evanescent
as
the
most
rapid
flash
of
lightning
.
And
now
,
firm
in
her
purpose
to
console
and
solace
him
whom
she
had
taught
herself
to
love
,
she
followed
the
nurse
towards
the
bed
where
the
patient
lay
,
—
looking
neither
to
the
right
nor
to
the
left
as
she
proceeded
thither
.
Greenwood
's
countenance
was
very
pale
;
but
the
instant
the
lovely
features
of
his
wife
burst
upon
his
view
,
his
eyes
were
lighted
up
with
an
expression
of
joy
such
as
she
had
never
seen
them
wear
before
,
and
the
glow
of
which
appeared
to
penetrate
with
a
sensation
of
ineffable
bliss
into
the
very
profundities
of
her
soul
.
"
Ellen
,
this
is
very
kind
of
you
,
"
said
Greenwood
,
tears
starting
on
his
long
silken
lashes
,
as
he
pressed
her
hand
warmly
in
his
own
.
"
Do
not
use
the
word
kind
,
my
dearest
husband
,
"
whispered
Ellen
:
"
in
coming
hither
I
not
only
perform
a
duty
—
but
should
also
fulfil
it
cheerfully
,
were
it
not
for
the
sad
occurrence
which
caused
the
visit
.
"
"
Be
not
alarmed
,
Ellen
,
"
murmured
Greenwood
:
"
there
is
no
danger
—
a
temporary
inconvenience
only
!
And
yet
,
"
he
added
,
after
a
brief
pause
,
"
to
me
it
is
particularly
galling
just
at
the
very
time
when
I
was
struggling
so
hard
—
so
very
hard
—
to
build
up
my
fallen
fortunes
,
and
prepare
—
—
"
"
Oh
!
do
not
grieve
on
that
head
!
"
whispered
Ellen
:
"
abandon
,
I
implore
you
,
those
ambitious
dreams
—
those
lofty
aspirations
which
have
only
led
you
astray
!
Do
you
suppose
that
,
were
you
to
acquire
an
amount
of
wealth
far
greater
than
that
which
blesses
him
,
he
would
welcome
you
with
one
single
smile
the
more
joyous
—
with
one
single
emotion
the
more
blissful
?
Oh
!
no
—
far
from
it
!
And
believe
me
when
I
assert
my
conviction
that
it
would
be
his
pride
to
place
you
with
his
own
hand
,
and
by
means
of
his
own
resources
,
in
a
position
to
enable
you
to
retrieve
the
past
—
—
"
"
Ellen
,
speak
not
thus
!
"
said
Greenwood
,
impatiently
.
"
Well
,
my
dearest
husband
,
I
will
not
urge
the
topic
,
"
answered
the
beautiful
young
woman
,
smiling
with
a
plaintive
and
melancholy
sweetness
as
she
leant
over
his
couch
.
"
But
you
will
permit
me
to
implore
that
when
you
are
enabled
to
leave
this
place
,
you
will
suffer
yourself
to
be
conveyed
to
a
dwelling
which
I
—
your
own
wife
—
will
provide
for
you
,
and
where
I
shall
be
enabled
to
visit
you
every
day
—
as
often
,
indeed
,
as
will
give
you
pleasure
?
And
then
—
oh
!
then
we
shall
be
happy
together
—
and
you
can
prepare
your
mind
to
encounter
that
day
which
,
I
fear
,
you
now
look
upon
to
be
one
of
trial
,
but
which
I
must
tutor
you
to
anticipate
as
one
of
joy
and
pleasure
as
yet
unknown
.
"
Greenwood
made
no
answer
;
but
he
meditated
profoundly
upon
those
loving
words
and
touching
assurances
that
his
beauteous
wife
breathed
in
his
ear
.
"
Yes
,
"
continued
Ellen
,
"
you
will
not
refuse
my
prayer
!
This
very
day
will
I
seek
a
comfortable
abode
—
in
the
northern
part
of
Islington
,
if
possible
—
so
that
I
may
soon
be
with
you
every
day
.
For
I
am
possessed
of
ample
resources
to
accomplish
all
that
I
propose
;
and
you
know
,
dearest
husband
,
that
every
thing
which
I
can
call
my
own
is
lawfully
yours
.
You
smile
—
oh
!
now
I
thank
you
,
because
you
listen
to
me
with
attention
;
and
I
thank
God
also
,
because
he
has
at
length
directed
your
heart
towards
me
,
who
am
your
wife
,
and
who
will
ever
,
ever
love
you
—
dearly
love
you
!
"
"
Ellen
,
"
murmured
Greenwood
,
pressing
her
hand
to
his
lips
,
"
I
should
be
a
monster
were
I
to
refuse
you
any
thing
which
you
now
demand
of
me
;
and
,
oh
!
believe
me
—
I
am
not
so
bad
as
that
!
"
Sweet
Ellen
,
thou
hast
conquered
the
obduracy
of
that
heart
which
was
so
long
the
abode
of
selfishness
and
pride
;
—
thou
hast
subdued
the
stubborn
soul
of
that
haughty
and
ambitious
man
:
—
thine
amiability
has
triumphed
over
his
worldliness
;
—
and
thou
hast
thy
crowning
reward
in
the
tears
which
now
moisten
his
pillow
,
and
in
the
affectionate
glances
which
are
upturned
towards
thee
!
And
Ellen
departed
from
the
hospital
where
her
angelic
influence
had
wrought
so
marvellous
a
change
,
—
departed
with
a
bosom
cherishing
fond
hopes
and
delicious
reveries
of
happiness
to
come
.
In
the
course
of
that
very
day
Filippo
engaged
a
house
in
the
northern
part
of
Islington
;
and
Ellen
superintended
,
with
a
joyful
heart
,
the
preparations
that
were
made
during
the
ensuing
week
to
render
the
dwelling
as
comfortable
as
possible
.
At
length
she
had
the
pleasure
,
—
nay
,
more
than
pleasure
—
the
ineffable
satisfaction
of
welcoming
her
husband
to
that
abode
which
,
if
not
so
splendid
nor
so
spacious
as
the
mansion
he
had
once
occupied
in
Spring
Gardens
,
was
at
least
a
most
grateful
change
after
the
cold
and
cheerless
aspect
of
a
hospital
.
CHAPTER
CCLVII
.
THE
REVENGE
.
It
was
about
eleven
o'clock
in
the
night
of
the
first
Saturday
of
June
,
that
the
Resurrection
Man
—
the
terrible
Anthony
Tidkins
—
issued
from
the
dwelling
of
Mr.
Banks
,
the
undertaker
in
Globe
Lane
,
Globe
Town
.
Mr.
Banks
followed
him
to
the
threshold
,
and
,
ere
he
bade
him
good
night
,
said
,
as
he
retained
him
by
the
sleeve
,
"
And
so
you
are
determined
to
go
back
to
the
old
crib
?
"
"
Yes
—
to
be
sure
I
am
,
"
returned
Tidkins
.
"
I
've
been
looking
after
that
scoundrel
Crankey
Jem
for
the
last
two
years
,
without
even
being
able
so
much
as
to
hear
of
him
.
The
Bully
Grand
has
set
all
his
Forty
Thieves
to
work
for
me
;
and
still
not
a
trace
—
not
a
sign
of
the
infernal
villain
!
"
"
Well
,
"
observed
Banks
,
"
it
does
look
as
if
the
cussed
wessel
had
made
his-self
scarce
to
some
foreign
part
,
where
it
's
to
be
hoped
he
's
dead
,
buried
,
and
resurrectionised
by
this
time
.
"
"
Or
else
he
's
living
like
a
fighting-cock
on
all
the
tin
he
robbed
me
of
,
"
exclaimed
Tidkins
,
with
a
savage
growl
.
"
But
I
'm
sure
he
's
not
in
London
;
and
so
I
do
n't
see
any
reason
to
prevent
me
from
going
back
to
my
old
crib
.
I
shall
feel
happy
again
there
.
It
's
now
two
years
and
better
since
I
left
it
—
and
I
'm
sick
of
doing
nothing
but
hunt
after
a
chap
that
's
perhaps
thousands
of
miles
off
.
"
"
And
all
that
time
,
you
see
,
"
said
Banks
,
"
you
've
been
doing
no
good
for
yourself
or
your
friends
;
and
if
it
was
n't
for
them
blessed
coffins
on
economic
principles
,
which
turn
me
in
a
decent
penny
,
I
'm
sure
I
do
n't
know
what
would
have
become
of
me
and
my
family
.
"
"
You
forget
the
swag
we
got
from
the
old
woman
in
Golden
Lane
,
"
whispered
Tidkins
,
impatiently
.
"
Did
n't
I
give
you
a
fair
half
,
although
you
never
entered
the
place
,
but
only
kept
watch
outside
?
"
"
Yes
—
yes
,
"
said
Mr.
Banks
;
"
I
know
you
treated
me
very
well
,
Tony
—
as
you
've
always
done
.
But
I
'm
sorry
you
used
the
wicked
old
creetur
as
you
did
.
"
"
Why
did
she
resist
,
then
,
damn
her
!
"
growled
the
Resurrection
Man
.
"
Ah
!
well-a-day
,
"
moaned
the
hypocritical
undertaker
:
"
she
's
a
blessed
defunct
now
—
a
wenerable
old
carkiss
—
and
all
packed
up
nice
and
cozy
in
a
hospital
coffin
too
!
But
they
ca
n't
get
up
them
coffins
as
well
as
me
:
I
can
beat
'
em
all
at
that
work
—
'
cause
its
the
economic
principles
as
does
it
.
"
"
Hold
your
stupid
tongue
,
you
infernal
old
fool
!
"
muttered
Tidkins
;
"
and
get
yourself
to
bed
at
once
,
so
that
you
may
be
up
early
in
the
morning
and
come
to
me
by
eight
o'clock
.
"
"
You
do
n't
mean
to
do
what
you
was
telling
me
just
now
?
"
said
Banks
,
earnestly
.
"
Depend
upon
it
,
he
'll
prove
too
much
for
you
.
"
"
Not
he
!
"
exclaimed
Tidkins
.
"
I
've
a
long
—
long
score
to
settle
up
with
him
;
and
if
he
has
neither
seen
nor
heard
of
me
for
the
last
two
years
,
it
was
only
because
I
wanted
to
punish
Crankey
Jem
first
.
"
"
And
now
that
you
ca
n't
find
that
cussed
indiwidual
,
"
said
Banks
,
"
you
mean
to
have
a
go
in
earnest
against
the
Prince
?
"
"
I
do
,
"
answered
Tidkins
,
with
an
abruptness
which
was
in
itself
expressive
of
demoniac
ferocity
.
'
You
come
to
me
to-morrow
morning
;
and
see
if
I
wo
n't
invent
some
scheme
that
shall
put
Richard
Markham
in
my
power
.
I
tell
you
what
it
is
,
Banks
,
"
added
the
Resurrection
Man
,
in
a
hoarse
—
hollow
whisper
,
"
I
hate
that
fellow
to
a
degree
I
cannot
explain
;
and
depend
upon
it
,
he
shall
gnash
his
teeth
in
one
of
the
dark
cells
yonder
before
he
's
a
week
older
.
"
"
And
what
good
will
that
do
you
?
"
asked
the
undertaker
.
"
What
good
!
"
repeated
Tidkins
,
scornfully
:
then
,
after
a
short
pause
,
he
turned
towards
Banks
,
and
said
in
a
low
voice
,
"
We
'll
make
him
pay
an
immense
sum
for
his
ransom
—
a
sum
that
shall
enrich
us
both
,
Ned
:
and
then
—
—
"
"
And
then
?
"
murmured
Banks
,
interrogatively
.
"
And
then
—
when
I
've
got
all
I
can
from
him
,
"
replied
Tidkins
,
"
I
'll
murder
him
!
"
With
these
words
—
uttered
in
a
tone
of
terrible
ferocity
—
the
Resurrection
Man
hastened
away
from
the
door
of
the
undertaker
's
dwelling
.
The
sky
was
overcast
with
dark
clouds
of
stormy
menace
:
the
night
was
dark
;
and
big
drops
of
rain
began
to
patter
down
,
as
Tidkins
hurried
along
the
streets
leading
towards
his
own
abode
—
that
abode
which
he
was
now
on
the
point
of
revisiting
after
an
absence
of
two
years
!
At
length
he
reached
the
house
;
and
though
he
stopped
for
a
few
minutes
to
examine
its
outward
appearance
from
the
middle
of
the
street
,
the
night
was
so
dark
that
he
could
not
distinguish
whether
its
aspect
had
undergone
any
change
.
Taking
from
his
pocket
the
door-key
,
which
he
had
carefully
retained
ever
since
he
abandoned
the
place
after
the
discovery
of
the
loss
of
his
treasure
,
he
soon
effected
an
entrance
into
the
house
.
Having
closed
the
door
,
he
immediately
lighted
a
lantern
which
he
had
brought
with
him
;
and
then
,
holding
it
high
above
his
head
,
he
hastily
scrutinized
the
walls
,
the
stairs
,
and
as
much
of
the
landing
above
the
precipitate
steps
,
as
his
range
of
vision
could
embrace
.
There
was
not
the
least
indication
of
the
presence
of
intruders
:
the
dust
had
accumulated
upon
the
stairs
,
undisturbed
by
the
print
of
footsteps
;
and
the
damp
had
covered
the
walls
with
a
white
mildew
.
Tidkins
was
satisfied
with
this
scrutiny
,
and
ascended
to
the
first-floor
rooms
,
the
doors
of
which
were
closed
—
as
if
they
had
never
been
opened
during
his
absence
of
two
years
.
The
interior
appearance
of
the
two
chambers
was
just
the
same
as
when
he
was
last
there
—
save
in
respect
to
the
ravages
of
the
damp
,
the
accumulation
of
the
dust
,
and
the
effects
of
the
rain
which
had
forced
its
way
through
the
roof
.
"
Well
,
nothing
has
been
disturbed
up
here
—
that
's
certain
enough
,
"
said
Tidkins
to
himself
.
"
Now
for
a
survey
of
the
vaults
.
"
Taking
from
a
shelf
the
bunch
of
skeleton-keys
,
which
had
suffered
grievously
from
the
damp
,
the
Resurrection
Man
descended
the
stairs
,
issued
forth
into
the
street
,
and
turned
up
the
alley
running
along
the
side
of
the
house
.
His
first
attempt
to
open
the
door
in
that
alley
was
unsuccessful
,
there
being
evidently
some
impediment
in
the
lock
:
but
a
moment
's
reflection
reminded
him
that
he
himself
had
broken
a
key
in
the
lock
,
ere
he
had
quitted
the
premises
at
the
end
of
May
,
1841.
Nearly
ten
minutes
were
occupied
in
picking
the
lock
,
which
was
sadly
rusted
;
but
at
length
this
task
was
accomplished
—
and
the
Resurrection
Man
entered
the
ground-floor
of
his
abode
.
The
condition
in
which
he
had
found
the
lock
of
the
door
in
the
alley
would
have
been
a
sufficient
proof
,
in
the
estimation
of
any
less
crafty
individual
,
that
no
intrusive
footstep
had
disturbed
that
department
of
the
dwelling
:
but
Tidkins
was
resolved
to
assure
himself
on
all
points
relative
to
the
propriety
of
again
entrusting
his
safety
to
that
abode
.
"
I
think
it
's
all
right
,
"
he
muttered
,
holding
up
his
lantern
,
and
glancing
around
with
keen
looks
.
"
Still
the
lock
might
have
been
picked
since
I
was
here
last
,
and
another
key
purposely
broken
in
it
to
stave
off
suspicion
.
At
any
rate
,
it
is
better
to
examine
every
nook
and
corner
of
the
whole
place
—
and
so
I
will
!
"
He
entered
the
front
room
on
the
ground-floor
:
the
resurrection
tools
and
house-breaking
implements
,
which
were
piled
up
in
that
chamber
,
had
not
been
disturbed
.
Huge
black
cob-webs
,
dense
as
filthy
rags
,
were
suspended
from
mattock
to
spade
,
and
from
crow-bar
to
long
flexible
iron
rod
.
Tidkins
turned
with
an
air
of
satisfaction
into
the
back
room
,
where
the
dust
lay
thick
upon
the
floor
,
and
the
walls
were
green
with
damp
.
"
Yes
—
it
is
all
right
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
joyfully
:
"
no
one
has
been
here
during
my
absence
.
I
suppose
that
villain
Jem
Cuffin
was
content
with
all
the
gold
and
jewels
he
got
,
and
took
no
farther
steps
to
molest
me
.
But
,
by
Satan
!
if
ever
I
clap
my
eyes
on
him
again
!
"
—
and
the
Resurrection
Man
ground
his
teeth
furiously
together
.
"
Well
,
"
he
continued
,
speaking
aloud
to
himself
in
a
musing
strain
,
"
it
's
a
blessing
to
be
able
to
come
back
and
settle
in
the
old
crib
!
There
's
no
place
in
London
like
it
:
the
house
in
Chick
Lane
is
nothing
to
it
.
And
now
that
I
have
returned
,
"
he
added
,
his
hideous
countenance
becoming
ominously
dark
and
appallingly
threatening
,
as
the
glare
of
the
lantern
fell
upon
it
,
—
"
one
of
these
deep
,
cold
,
cheerless
dungeons
shall
soon
become
the
abode
of
Richard
Markham
!
"
As
he
uttered
these
last
words
in
a
loud
,
measured
,
and
savage
voice
,
the
Resurrection
Man
raised
the
stone-trap
,
and
descended
into
the
subterranean
.
The
detestable
monster
gloated
in
anticipation
upon
the
horrible
revenge
which
he
meditated
;
and
as
he
now
trod
the
damp
pavement
of
the
vaulted
passage
,
he
glanced
first
at
the
four
doors
on
the
right
,
then
at
the
four
doors
on
the
left
,
as
if
he
were
undecided
in
which
dungeon
to
immure
his
intended
victim
.
At
length
he
stopped
before
one
of
the
doors
,
exclaiming
,
"
Ah
!
this
must
be
the
cell
!
It
's
the
one
,
as
I
have
been
told
,
where
so
many
maniacs
dashed
their
brains
out
against
the
wall
,
when
this
place
was
used
as
an
asylum
—
long
before
my
time
.
"
Thus
musing
,
Tidkins
entered
the
cell
,
holding
the
lantern
high
up
so
as
to
embrace
at
a
glance
all
the
gloomy
horrors
of
its
aspect
.
"
Yes
—
yes
!
"
he
muttered
to
himself
:
"
this
is
the
one
for
Richard
Markham
!
All
that
he
has
ever
done
to
me
shall
soon
be
fearfully
visited
on
his
own
head
!
Ah
,
ah
!
we
shall
see
whether
his
high
rank
—
his
boasted
virtues
—
his
immense
influence
—
and
his
glorious
name
can
mitigate
one
pang
of
all
the
sufferings
that
he
must
here
endure
!
Yes
,
"
repeated
Tidkins
,
a
fiendish
smile
relaxing
his
stern
countenance
,
—
"
this
is
the
dungeon
for
Richard
Markham
!
"
"
No
—
it
is
thine
!
"
thundered
a
voice
;
and
at
the
same
moment
the
door
of
the
cell
closed
violently
upon
the
Resurrection
Man
.
Tidkins
dropped
the
lantern
,
and
flung
himself
with
all
his
strength
against
the
massive
door
;
—
but
the
huge
bolt
on
the
outside
was
shot
into
its
iron
socket
too
rapidly
to
permit
that
desperate
effort
to
prove
of
the
least
avail
.
Then
a
cry
of
mingled
rage
and
despair
burst
from
the
breast
of
the
Resurrection
Man
,
—
a
cry
resembling
that
of
the
wolf
when
struck
by
the
bullet
of
the
hunter
's
carbine
!
"
The
hour
of
vengeance
is
come
at
last
!
"
exclaimed
Crankey
Jem
,
as
he
lighted
the
candle
in
a
small
lantern
which
he
took
from
his
pocket
.
"
There
shall
you
remain
,
Tidkins
—
to
perish
by
starvation
—
to
die
by
inches
—
to
feel
the
approach
of
Death
by
means
of
such
slow
tortures
that
you
will
curse
the
day
which
saw
your
birth
!
"
"
Jem
,
do
not
say
all
that
!
"
cried
the
Resurrection
Man
,
from
the
interior
of
the
dungeon
.
"
You
would
not
be
so
cruel
?
Let
me
out
—
and
we
will
be
friends
.
"
"
Never
!
"
ejaculated
Cuffin
.
"
What
!
have
I
hunted
after
you
—
dogged
you
—
watched
you
—
then
lost
sight
of
you
for
two
years
—
now
found
you
out
again
—
at
length
got
you
into
my
power
—
and
all
this
for
nothing
?
"
"
Well
,
Jem
—
I
know
that
I
used
you
badly
,
"
said
the
Resurrection
Man
,
in
an
imploring
tone
:
"
but
forgive
me
—
pray
forgive
me
!
Surely
you
were
sufficiently
avenged
by
plundering
me
of
my
treasure
—
my
hoarded
gold
—
my
casket
of
jewels
?
"
"
Miserable
wretch
!
"
cried
Crankey
Jem
,
in
a
tone
of
deep
disgust
:
"
do
not
imagine
that
I
took
your
gold
and
your
jewels
to
enrich
myself
.
No
:
had
I
been
starving
,
I
would
not
have
purchased
a
morsel
of
bread
by
means
of
their
aid
!
Two
hours
after
I
had
become
possessed
of
your
treasure
,
I
consigned
it
all
—
yes
,
all
—
gold
and
jewels
—
to
the
bed
of
the
Thames
!
"
"
Then
are
you
not
sufficiently
avenged
?
"
demanded
Tidkins
,
in
a
voice
denoting
how
fiercely
rage
was
struggling
with
despair
in
his
breast
.
"
Your
death
,
amidst
lingering
tortures
,
will
alone
satisfy
me
!
"
returned
Crankey
Jem
.
"
Monster
that
you
are
,
you
shall
meet
the
fate
which
you
had
reserved
for
an
excellent
nobleman
whose
virtues
are
as
numerous
as
your
crimes
!
"
"
What
good
will
my
death
do
you
,
Jem
?
"
cried
Tidkins
,
his
tone
now
characterised
only
by
an
expression
of
deep
—
intense
—
harrowing
despair
.
"
What
good
would
the
death
of
Richard
Markham
have
done
you
?
"
demanded
James
Cuffin
.
"
Ah
!
you
cannot
answer
that
question
!
Of
what
advantage
is
your
cunning
now
?
But
listen
to
me
,
while
I
tell
you
how
I
have
succeeded
in
over-reaching
you
at
last
.
One
night
—
more
than
two
years
ago
—
I
was
watching
for
you
in
the
street
.
I
had
found
out
your
den
—
and
I
was
waiting
your
return
,
to
plunge
my
dagger
into
your
breast
.
But
when
you
did
come
home
that
night
,
you
was
not
alone
.
Another
man
was
with
you
;
and
a
woman
,
blindfolded
,
was
being
dragged
between
you
up
the
alley
.
I
watched
—
you
and
the
man
soon
afterwards
re-appeared
;
but
the
woman
was
not
with
you
.
Then
I
knew
that
she
was
a
prisoner
,
or
had
been
murdered
;
and
I
thought
that
if
I
could
place
you
in
the
hands
of
justice
,
with
the
certainty
of
sending
you
to
the
scaffold
,
my
revenge
would
be
more
complete
.
But
my
plan
was
spoilt
by
the
silly
affair
of
young
Holford
;
for
I
was
locked
up
in
prison
on
account
of
that
business
.
But
I
got
my
liberty
at
last
;
and
that
very
same
night
I
returned
to
this
house
.
I
knew
that
you
had
been
arrested
and
was
in
Coldbath
Fields
;
and
so
I
resolved
to
examine
the
entire
premises
.
By
means
of
skeleton
keys
I
obtained
an
easy
entrance
into
the
lower
part
of
the
house
;
and
,
after
a
little
careful
search
,
I
discovered
the
secret
of
the
trap-door
.
I
visited
the
cells
;
but
the
woman
was
not
in
any
of
them
.
And
now
you
know
how
I
came
to
discover
the
mysteries
of
your
den
,
Tidkins
;
and
you
can
guess
how
at
another
visit
I
found
the
hiding-place
of
your
treasure
.
"
"
Jem
,
one
word
!
"
cried
the
Resurrection
Man
,
in
a
hoarse
—
almost
hollow
tone
.
"
You
have
got
me
in
your
power
—
do
you
mean
to
put
your
dreadful
threat
into
execution
?
"
"
No
persuasion
on
earth
can
change
my
mind
!
"
returned
the
avenger
,
in
a
terrible
voice
.
"
Hark
!
this
is
a
proof
of
my
determination
!
"
A
dead
silence
prevailed
in
the
subterranean
for
two
or
three
minutes
;
and
then
that
solemn
stillness
was
broken
by
the
sounds
of
a
hammer
,
falling
with
heavy
and
measured
cadence
upon
the
head
of
a
large
nail
.
"
Devil
!
"
roared
the
Resurrection
Man
,
from
the
interior
of
the
cell
.
Crankey
Jem
was
nailing
up
the
door
!
It
must
be
supposed
that
this
appalling
conviction
worked
the
mind
of
the
immured
victim
up
to
a
pitch
of
madness
;
for
he
now
threw
himself
against
the
door
with
a
fury
that
made
it
crack
upon
its
hinges
—
massive
and
studded
with
iron
nails
though
it
were
!
But
Crankey
Jem
pursued
his
awful
task
;
and
as
nail
after
nail
was
driven
in
,
the
more
demoniac
became
the
feelings
of
his
triumph
.
Tidkins
continued
to
rush
against
the
door
,
marking
the
intervals
of
these
powerful
but
desperate
attempts
to
burst
from
his
living
tomb
,
with
wild
cries
and
savage
howls
such
as
Cuffin
had
never
before
heard
come
from
the
breast
of
a
human
being
.
At
length
the
last
nail
was
driven
in
;
and
then
the
struggles
against
the
door
ceased
.
"
Now
you
can
understand
that
I
am
determined
!
"
cried
the
avenger
.
"
And
here
shall
I
remain
until
all
is
over
with
you
,
Tidkins
.
No
!
I
shall
now
and
then
steal
out
for
short
intervals
at
a
time
,
to
procure
food
—
food
to
sustain
me
,
while
you
are
starving
in
your
coffin
!
"
"
Infernal
wretch
!
"
shouted
Tidkins
:
"
you
are
mistaken
!
I
will
not
die
by
starvation
,
if
die
I
must
.
I
have
matches
with
me
—
and
in
a
moment
I
can
blow
the
entire
house
—
aye
,
and
half
the
street
along
with
it
—
into
the
air
!
"
"
You
will
not
frighten
me
,
Tidkins
,
"
said
Crankey
Jem
,
in
a
cool
and
taunting
tone
.
"
Damnation
!
"
thundered
the
Resurrection
Man
,
chafing
against
the
door
like
a
maddened
hyena
in
its
cage
:
"
will
neither
prayers
nor
threats
move
you
?
Then
must
I
do
my
worst
!
"
Crankey
Jem
heard
him
stride
across
the
dungeon
;
but
still
the
avenger
remained
at
his
post
,
—
leaning
against
the
door
,
and
greedily
drinking
in
each
groan
—
each
curse
—
each
execration
—
and
each
howl
,
that
marked
the
intense
anguish
endured
by
the
Resurrection
Man
.
Presently
James
Cuffin
heard
the
sharp
sound
of
a
match
as
it
was
drawn
rapidly
along
the
wall
.
He
shuddered
—
but
moved
not
.
Solemn
was
the
silence
which
now
prevailed
for
a
few
moments
:
at
length
an
explosion
—
low
and
subdued
,
as
of
a
small
quantity
of
gunpowder
—
took
place
in
the
cell
.
But
it
was
immediately
followed
with
a
terrific
cry
of
agony
;
and
the
Resurrection
Man
fell
heavily
against
the
door
.
"
My
eyes
!
my
eyes
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
in
a
tone
indicative
of
acute
pain
:
"
O
God
!
I
am
blinded
!
"
"
Sight
would
be
of
no
use
in
that
dark
dungeon
,
"
said
Crankey
Jem
,
with
inhuman
obduracy
of
heart
towards
his
victim
.
"
Are
you
not
satisfied
now
,
demon
—
devil
—
fiend
!
"
almost
shrieked
the
Resurrection
Man
.
"
The
powder
has
blinded
me
,
I
say
!
"
"
It
was
damp
,
and
only
exploded
partially
,
"
said
the
avenger
.
"
Try
again
!
"
"
Wretch
!
"
exclaimed
Tidkins
;
and
James
Cuffin
heard
him
dash
himself
upon
the
paved
floor
of
the
cell
,
groaning
horribly
.
Ten
days
afterwards
,
Crankey
Jem
set
to
work
to
open
the
door
of
the
dungeon
.
This
was
no
easy
task
;
inasmuch
as
the
nails
which
he
had
driven
in
were
strong
,
and
had
caught
a
firm
hold
of
the
wood
.
But
at
length
—
after
two
hours
'
toil
—
the
avenger
succeeded
in
forcing
an
entrance
into
the
cell
.
He
knew
that
he
incurred
no
danger
by
this
step
:
for
,
during
that
interval
of
ten
days
,
he
had
scarcely
ever
quitted
his
post
outside
the
door
of
the
dungeon
;
—
and
there
had
he
remained
,
regaling
his
ears
with
the
delicious
music
formed
by
the
groans
—
the
prayers
—
the
screams
—
the
shrieks
—
the
ravings
—
and
the
curses
of
his
victim
.
At
length
those
appalling
indications
of
a
lingering
—
slow
—
agonising
death
,
—
the
death
of
famine
,
—
grew
fainter
and
fainter
;
and
in
the
middle
of
the
ninth
night
they
ceased
altogether
.
Therefore
was
it
that
on
the
morning
of
the
tenth
day
,
the
avenger
hesitated
not
to
open
the
door
of
the
dungeon
.
And
what
a
spectacle
met
his
view
when
he
entered
that
cell
!
The
yellow
glare
of
his
lantern
fell
upon
the
pale
,
emaciated
,
hideous
countenance
of
the
Resurrection
Man
,
who
lay
on
his
back
upon
the
cold
,
damp
pavement
—
a
stark
and
rigid
corse
!
Crankey
Jem
stooped
over
the
body
,
and
examined
the
face
with
a
satisfaction
which
he
did
not
attempt
to
subdue
.
The
eyes
had
been
literally
burnt
in
their
sockets
;
and
it
was
true
that
the
Resurrection
Man
was
blinded
,
in
the
first
hour
of
his
terrible
imprisonment
,
by
the
explosion
of
the
gunpowder
in
an
iron
pipe
running
along
the
wall
of
the
dungeon
!
The
damp
had
,
however
,
rendered
that
explosion
only
partial
:
had
the
train
properly
ignited
,
the
entire
dwelling
would
have
been
blown
into
the
air
.
A
few
hours
afterwards
,
the
following
letter
was
delivered
at
Markham
Place
by
the
postman
:
—
"
Your
mortal
enemy
,
my
lord
,
is
no
more
.
My
vengeance
has
overtaken
him
at
last
.
Anthony
Tidkins
has
died
a
horrible
death
:
—
had
he
lived
,
you
would
have
become
his
victim
.
"
JAMES
CUFFIN
.
"
CHAPTER
CCLVIII
.
THE
APPOINTMENT
KEPT
.
It
was
the
10th
of
July
,
1843.
The
bell
upon
the
roof
of
Markham
Place
had
just
proclaimed
the
hour
of
nine
,
and
the
morning
was
as
bright
and
beautiful
as
the
cheerful
sun
,
the
cloudless
sky
,
and
the
gentle
breeze
could
render
a
summer-day
,
—
when
a
party
of
eight
persons
ascended
the
hill
on
which
stood
the
two
trees
.
Those
emblems
of
the
fraternal
affection
of
early
years
were
green
,
verdant
,
and
flourishing
;
and
on
the
one
which
had
been
planted
by
the
hands
of
the
long-lost
brother
,
were
the
following
inscriptions
:
—
Eugene
.
Dec.
25
,
1836.
Eugene
.
May
17th
,
1838.
Eugene
.
March
6
,
1841.
Eugene
.
July
1st
,
1843.
This
last
inscription
,
as
the
reader
will
perceive
,
had
only
been
very
recently
added
;
and
Richard
regarded
it
as
a
promise
—
a
pledge
—
a
solemn
sign
that
the
appointment
would
be
kept
.
It
was
nine
o'clock
in
the
evening
when
the
parting
between
the
brothers
took
place
in
the
year
1831
;
and
,
although
it
was
impossible
to
determine
at
what
hour
of
the
day
on
which
the
twelve
years
expired
,
Eugene
would
return
,
nevertheless
Richard
,
judging
by
his
own
anxiety
to
clasp
a
brother
in
his
arms
,
felt
certain
that
this
brother
would
not
delay
the
moment
that
was
to
re-unite
them
.
Accordingly
,
at
nine
o'clock
on
the
morning
of
the
10th
of
July
,
1843
,
the
Prince
,
repaired
to
the
eminence
on
which
he
hoped
—
oh
!
how
fondly
hoped
—
full
soon
to
welcome
the
long-lost
Eugene
.
His
seven
companions
were
the
Princess
Isabella
,
Ellen
,
Mr.
Monroe
,
Katherine
,
Mario
Bazzano
,
Eliza
Sydney
,
and
the
faithful
Whittingham
.
Richard
could
not
conceal
a
certain
nervous
suspense
under
which
he
laboured
;
for
although
he
felt
assured
of
Eugene
's
appearance
,
yet
so
long
a
period
had
elapsed
since
they
had
parted
,
and
so
many
vicissitudes
might
have
occurred
during
the
interval
,
that
he
trembled
lest
the
meeting
should
be
characterised
by
circumstances
which
would
give
his
brother
pain
.
The
Princess
Isabella
,
naturally
anxious
to
become
acquainted
with
her
brother-in-law
,
also
looked
forward
to
the
return
of
the
long-lost
one
with
emotions
which
enabled
her
to
comprehend
those
that
animated
her
husband
;
and
pressing
his
hand
tenderly
as
they
seated
themselves
on
the
bench
between
the
trees
,
she
whispered
,
"
Be
of
good
cheer
,
Richard
:
your
brother
will
keep
the
appointment
—
and
oh
!
what
joy
for
us
all
!
"
On
her
side
,
Katherine
was
the
prey
to
various
conflicting
feelings
,
—
anxiety
to
know
a
brother
whom
she
had
as
yet
never
seen
—
fear
lest
he
should
not
come
—
and
curiosity
to
be
convinced
whether
he
were
as
amiable
,
as
generous-hearted
,
and
as
deserving
of
her
sisterly
love
as
Richard
.
And
Ellen
—
poor
Ellen
!
—
how
difficult
for
her
was
the
task
of
concealing
all
the
emotions
which
agitated
her
bosom
now
!
But
she
nevertheless
derived
much
encouragement
and
hope
from
the
frequent
looks
of
profound
meaning
which
were
directed
towards
her
by
Eliza
Sydney
.
Bazzano
endeavoured
to
soothe
the
anxiety
of
his
beloved
Katherine
;
while
Mr.
Monroe
and
Whittingham
shared
to
a
considerable
degree
the
suspense
which
now
animated
them
all
.
It
was
about
a
quarter
past
nine
o'clock
,
when
Mr.
Greenwood
halted
by
the
road-side
,
at
a
spot
which
commanded
a
view
of
the
hill-top
whereon
stood
the
two
trees
.
He
was
on
foot
;
and
though
he
had
so
far
recovered
from
his
recent
accident
as
to
exhibit
only
a
very
trifling
lameness
in
his
gait
,
still
the
short
walk
which
he
had
taken
from
Islington
to
the
immediate
vicinity
of
Markham
Place
,
compelled
him
to
pause
and
rest
by
the
way-side
.
He
looked
towards
the
hill
,
and
could
plainly
distinguish
the
number
of
persons
who
were
stationed
on
that
eminence
.
A
deadly
pallor
overspread
his
countenance
;
and
tears
started
from
his
eyes
.
But
in
a
few
moments
he
exercised
a
violent
effort
over
his
emotions
,
and
exclaimed
aloud
,
with
a
kind
of
desperate
emphasis
,
"
I
have
promised
her
to
go
through
the
ordeal
—
and
I
must
nerve
myself
to
do
so
!
Ah
!
Ellen
,
"
he
added
,
his
voice
suddenly
changing
to
a
plaintive
tone
,
"
you
have
forced
me
to
love
you
—
you
have
taught
me
to
bless
the
affectionate
care
and
solicitude
of
woman
!
"
This
apostrophe
to
his
wife
seemed
to
arouse
all
the
better
feelings
of
his
soul
;
and
without
farther
hesitation
,
he
pursued
his
way
towards
the
hill
.
In
a
few
minutes
he
reached
a
point
where
the
road
took
a
sudden
turn
to
the
right
,
thus
running
round
all
one
side
of
the
base
of
the
eminence
,
and
passing
by
the
mansion
itself
.
There
he
paused
again
;
—
for
although
the
party
assembled
on
the
hill
were
plainly
perceived
by
him
,
he
was
yet
unseen
by
them
—
a
hedge
concealing
him
from
their
view
.
"
Oh
!
is
the
dread
ordeal
so
near
at
hand
?
"
he
exclaimed
,
with
a
temporary
revival
of
bitterness
of
spirit
.
"
Scarcely
separated
from
him
by
a
distance
of
two
hundred
yards
—
a
distance
so
soon
cleared
—
and
yet
—
and
yet
—
—
"
At
that
instant
he
caught
sight
of
the
figure
of
his
wife
,
who
,
having
advanced
a
few
paces
in
front
of
her
companions
,
stood
more
conspicuously
than
they
upon
the
brow
of
the
hill
.
"
She
anxiously
awaits
my
coming
!
"
he
murmured
to
himself
.
"
Oh
!
why
do
I
hesitate
?
"
And
,
as
he
spoke
,
he
was
about
to
emerge
from
the
shade
of
the
high
hedge
which
concealed
him
,
—
about
to
turn
the
angle
of
the
road
,
whereby
he
would
immediately
be
perceived
by
those
who
stood
on
the
hill
,
—
when
his
attention
was
suddenly
called
elsewhere
.
For
,
no
sooner
had
the
words
—
"
Oh
!
why
do
I
hesitate
?
"
issued
from
his
lips
,
than
a
post-chaise
,
which
was
dashing
along
the
road
towards
London
at
a
rapid
rate
,
upset
only
a
few
paces
from
the
spot
where
he
had
paused
to
glance
towards
the
hill
.
One
of
the
fore-wheels
of
the
vehicle
had
come
off
;
and
the
chaise
rolled
over
with
a
heavy
crash
.
The
postillion
instantly
stopped
his
horses
;
while
a
man
—
the
only
traveller
whom
the
vehicle
contained
—
emerged
from
the
door
that
was
uppermost
,
and
which
he
had
contrived
to
open
.
All
this
occurred
so
rapidly
that
the
traveller
stood
in
the
road
a
few
instants
after
the
upsetting
of
the
chaise
.
Greenwood
drew
near
to
inquire
if
he
were
