but,
of
course
,
without
betraying
the
fact
of
his
intention
to
self-appropriate
Greenwood
's
money
)
—
Michael
took
a
huge
pinch
of
snuff
,
and
reflected
profoundly
for
some
minutes
.
"
And
what
's
the
meaning
of
this
all
of
a
sudden
?
"
demanded
the
ex-cashier
at
length
.
Tomlinson
explained
,
with
great
frankness
,
that
the
Resurrection
Man
had
by
some
means
discovered
the
secret
of
Michael
's
abode
,
and
was
again
playing
the
part
of
an
extortioner
.
He
,
moreover
,
expressed
his
invincible
dislike
for
a
city
where
he
had
experienced
such
painful
reverses
;
and
declared
his
resolution
of
no
longer
living
in
such
a
state
of
suspense
and
anxiety
as
he
was
kept
in
by
the
constant
dread
of
an
exposure
in
respect
to
his
faithful
old
clerk
.
"
You
need
not
leave
London
on
that
account
,
"
said
Martin
,
gruffly
:
"
I
have
long
made
up
my
mind
how
to
act
in
case
of
detection
.
"
"
How
?
"
asked
Tomlinson
,
with
a
foreboding
shudder
.
"
I
should
put
an
end
to
my
life
,
"
returned
the
old
man
,
filling
his
nose
with
snuff
.
"
I
am
well
aware
that
you
would
not
have
the
courage
to
appear
against
me
in
a
court
of
justice
and
boldly
accuse
me
of
having
embezzled
your
funds
—
—
"
"
The
courage
!
"
exclaimed
Tomlinson
,
wiping
away
a
tear
:
"
no
—
nor
the
heart
!
My
good
—
faithful
old
friend
—
—
"
"
Well
—
well
:
do
n't
be
childish
,
now
,
"
said
Michael
,
who
was
obliged
to
take
several
pinches
of
snuff
to
conceal
his
own
emotions
:
"
if
you
are
really
desirous
to
leave
England
and
go
to
America
,
I
will
accompany
you
.
Of
course
I
will
—
you
know
I
will
,
"
he
added
,
more
hastily
than
he
was
accustomed
to
speak
.
"
There
is
no
time
for
delay
,
"
said
Tomlinson
,
rejoiced
at
this
assent
which
he
had
wrung
from
his
faithful
servitor
.
"
We
will
repair
to
Dover
this
very
night
,
and
thence
proceed
to
France
.
The
distance
from
Calais
to
Havre
is
not
very
great
:
and
from
the
latter
port
ships
are
constantly
sailing
for
America
.
"
"
Let
me
proceed
alone
to
Havre
,
"
said
old
Martin
;
"
and
you
can
follow
me
openly
and
at
your
leisure
.
"
"
No
,
"
replied
Tomlinson
;
"
that
would
only
be
to
compromise
your
safety
,
perhaps
.
We
will
part
no
more
.
"
The
advice
of
the
stock-broker
was
acted
upon
;
and
the
fugitives
succeeded
in
leaving
the
kingdom
in
safety
.
But
that
night
the
Resurrection
Man
vainly
awaited
the
arrival
of
James
Tomlinson
.
And
on
the
following
day
,
Mr.
Greenwood
discovered
,
to
his
cost
,
that
the
effects
of
those
lessons
of
duplicity
and
dishonour
which
he
had
inculcated
in
respect
to
the
stock-broker
,
practically
redounded
upon
himself
!
CHAPTER
CCX
.
HOLFORD
'S
STUDIES
.
It
was
midnight
.
In
a
garret
,
belonging
to
a
house
in
the
same
court
where
Crankey
Jem
resided
,
sate
Henry
Holford
.
He
was
alone
.
His
elbow
rested
on
the
table
,
and
his
hand
supported
his
feverish
head
—
for
dark
thoughts
filled
the
brain
of
that
young
man
.
The
flickering
light
of
a
single
candle
fell
upon
the
pages
of
an
old
volume
,
which
he
was
reading
with
intense
interest
.
His
cheeks
were
pale
,
—
his
lips
were
dry
,
—
his
throat
was
parched
,
—
and
his
eye-balls
glared
with
unnatural
lustre
.
He
did
not
feel
athirst
—
else
there
was
water
handy
to
assuage
the
craving
:
—
nor
did
he
hear
his
heart
beating
violently
,
nor
experience
the
feverish
and
rapid
throbbing
of
his
temples
.
No
:
—
his
whole
thoughts
—
his
entire
feelings
—
his
every
sensation
,
—
all
were
absorbed
in
the
subject
of
his
study
.
And
that
the
reader
may
fully
comprehend
the
nature
of
those
impulses
which
were
now
urging
this
strange
young
man
on
to
the
perpetration
of
a
deed
that
was
destined
to
give
a
terrible
celebrity
to
his
name
,
we
must
quote
the
passage
on
which
his
mind
was
so
intently
fixed
:
—
"
THE
ASSASSINATION
OF
GUSTAVUS
III
.
,
OF
SWEDEN
.
"
The
nobles
were
discontented
with
the
general
conduct
of
the
King
;
and
a
conspiracy
was
planned
against
him
under
his
own
roof
.
His
wars
had
compelled
him
to
negotiate
large
loans
,
and
to
impose
upon
his
subjects
heavy
taxes
.
The
nobles
took
advantage
of
that
circumstance
to
prejudice
the
minds
of
many
of
the
people
against
the
sovereign
who
had
laboured
so
long
for
their
real
good
.
On
the
16th
of
March
,
1792
,
he
received
an
anonymous
letter
,
warning
him
of
his
immediate
danger
from
a
plot
that
was
laid
to
take
away
his
life
,
requesting
him
to
remain
at
home
,
and
avoid
balls
for
a
year
;
and
assuring
him
,
that
if
he
should
go
to
the
masquerade
for
which
he
was
preparing
,
he
would
be
assassinated
that
very
night
.
The
King
read
the
note
with
contempt
,
and
at
a
late
hour
entered
the
ball-room
.
After
some
time
he
sat
down
in
a
box
with
the
Count
of
Essen
,
and
observed
he
was
not
deceived
in
his
contempt
for
the
letter
,
since
,
had
there
been
any
design
against
his
life
,
no
time
could
be
more
favourable
than
that
moment
.
He
then
mingled
,
without
apprehension
,
among
the
crowd
;
and
just
as
he
was
preparing
to
retire
with
the
Prussian
ambassador
,
he
was
surrounded
by
several
persons
in
masks
,
one
of
whom
fired
a
pistol
at
the
back
of
the
King
,
and
lodged
the
contents
in
his
body
.
A
scene
of
dreadful
confusion
ensued
.
The
conspirators
,
amidst
the
general
tumult
and
alarm
,
had
time
to
retire
to
other
parts
of
the
room
;
but
one
of
them
had
previously
dropped
his
pistols
and
a
dagger
close
by
the
wounded
King
.
A
general
order
was
given
to
all
the
company
to
unmask
,
and
the
doors
were
immediately
closed
;
but
no
person
appeared
with
any
particular
distinguishing
marks
of
guilt
.
The
King
was
immediately
conveyed
to
his
apartment
;
and
the
surgeon
,
after
extracting
a
ball
and
some
slugs
,
gave
favourable
hopes
of
his
Majesty
's
recovery
.
"
Suspicions
immediately
fell
upon
such
of
the
nobles
as
had
been
notorious
for
their
opposition
to
the
measures
of
the
court
.
The
anonymous
letter
was
traced
up
to
Colonel
Liljehorn
,
Major
in
the
King
's
Guards
,
and
he
was
immediately
apprehended
.
But
the
most
successful
clue
that
seemed
to
offer
was
in
consequence
of
the
weapons
which
had
fallen
from
the
assassin
.
An
order
was
issued
,
directing
all
the
armourers
,
gunsmiths
,
and
cutlers
,
in
Stockholm
,
to
give
every
information
in
their
power
to
the
officers
of
justice
,
concerning
the
weapons
.
A
gunsmith
who
had
repaired
the
pistols
readily
recognised
them
to
be
the
same
which
he
had
repaired
some
time
since
for
a
nobleman
of
the
name
of
Ankarstrom
,
a
captain
in
the
army
;
and
the
cutler
who
had
made
the
dagger
,
referred
at
once
to
the
same
person
.
"
The
King
languished
from
the
17th
to
the
29th
of
March
.
At
first
,
the
reports
of
his
medical
attendants
were
favourable
;
but
on
the
28th
a
mortification
was
found
to
have
taken
place
,
which
terminated
his
existence
in
a
few
hours
.
On
opening
his
body
,
a
square
piece
of
lead
and
two
rusty
nails
were
found
unextracted
within
the
ribs
.
"
During
his
illness
,
and
particularly
after
he
was
made
acquainted
with
the
certainty
of
his
approaching
dissolution
,
Gustavus
continued
to
display
that
unshaken
courage
which
he
had
manifested
on
every
occasion
during
his
life
.
A
few
hours
before
his
decease
,
he
made
some
alterations
in
the
arrangement
of
public
affairs
.
He
had
before
,
by
his
will
,
appointed
a
council
of
regency
,
but
convinced
,
by
recent
experience
,
how
little
he
could
depend
on
the
attachment
of
his
nobles
,
and
being
also
aware
of
the
necessity
of
a
strong
government
in
difficult
times
,
he
appointed
his
brother
,
the
Duke
of
Sudermania
,
sole
regent
,
till
his
son
,
who
was
then
about
fourteen
,
should
have
attained
the
age
of
eighteen
years
.
His
last
words
were
a
declaration
of
pardon
to
the
conspirators
against
his
life
.
The
actual
murderer
alone
was
excepted
;
and
he
was
excepted
only
at
the
strong
instance
of
the
regent
,
and
those
who
surrounded
his
Majesty
in
his
dying
moments
.
Immediately
on
the
death
of
the
King
,
the
young
prince
was
proclaimed
by
the
title
of
Gustavus
IV
.
"
Ankarstrom
was
no
sooner
apprehended
,
than
he
confessed
with
an
air
of
triumph
,
that
he
was
the
person
'
who
had
endeavoured
to
liberate
his
country
from
a
monster
and
a
tyrant
.
'
Suspicions
at
the
same
time
fell
on
the
Counts
Horn
and
Ribbing
,
Baron
Pechlin
,
Baron
Ehrensvard
,
Baron
Hartsmandorf
,
Von
Engerstrom
the
Royal
Secretary
,
and
others
;
and
these
suspicions
were
confirmed
by
the
confession
of
Ankarstrom
.
After
a
very
fair
and
ample
trial
,
this
man
was
condemned
to
be
publicly
and
severely
whipped
on
three
successive
days
,
his
right
hand
and
his
head
to
be
cut
off
,
and
his
body
impaled
:
which
sentence
he
suffered
on
the
17th
of
May
.
His
property
was
given
to
his
children
,
who
,
however
,
were
compelled
to
change
their
name
.
"
"
Ankarstrom
was
a
martyr
—
a
hero
!
"
exclaimed
Holford
,
aloud
;
his
imagination
excited
by
the
preceding
narrative
,
and
all
the
morbid
feelings
of
his
wrongly-biassed
mind
aroused
at
the
idea
of
the
terrible
renown
that
attached
itself
to
the
name
of
a
regicide
.
Then
,
—
although
the
garret
in
which
he
sate
was
so
cold
that
ice
floated
on
the
water
in
the
pitcher
,
and
the
nipping
chill
of
a
February
night
came
through
the
cracked
panes
and
ill-closed
lattice
,
while
the
snow
lay
thick
upon
the
slanting
tiles
immediately
above
his
head
,
—
that
young
man
's
entire
frame
glowed
with
a
feverish
heat
,
which
shone
with
sinister
lustre
in
his
eyes
,
and
appeared
in
the
two
deep-red
hectic
spots
which
marked
his
cheeks
.
"
Yes
—
Ankarstrom
was
a
hero
!
"
he
exclaimed
.
"
Oh
!
how
he
must
have
despised
the
efforts
of
the
torturers
to
wring
from
him
a
groan
:
—
how
he
must
have
scorned
the
array
of
penalties
which
were
sought
to
be
made
so
terrible
!
And
Ravaillac
—
the
regicide
beneath
whose
hand
fell
Henry
IV
.
of
France
—
oh
!
how
well
is
every
word
of
his
history
treasured
up
in
my
mind
.
But
Francis
Damien
—
ah
!
his
fate
was
terrible
indeed
!
And
yet
I
am
not
afraid
to
contemplate
it
—
even
though
such
a
one
should
be
in
store
for
me
.
"
Then
hastily
turning
to
the
"
History
of
France
,
"
in
the
volume
which
he
was
reading
,
he
slowly
and
in
measured
terms
repeated
aloud
the
following
passage
:
—
"
ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION
OF
LOUIS
XV
.
,
OF
FRANCE
.
"
In
the
year
1757
,
one
Francis
Damien
,
an
unhappy
wretch
,
whose
sullen
mind
,
naturally
unsettled
,
was
inflamed
by
the
disputes
between
the
King
and
his
Parliament
concerning
religion
,
formed
the
desperate
resolution
of
attempting
the
life
of
his
Sovereign
.
In
the
dusk
of
the
evening
,
as
the
King
prepared
to
enter
his
coach
,
he
was
suddenly
,
though
slightly
,
wounded
,
with
a
pen-knife
,
between
the
fourth
and
fifth
ribs
,
in
the
presence
of
his
son
,
and
in
the
midst
of
his
guards
.
The
daring
assassin
had
mingled
with
the
crowd
of
courtiers
,
but
was
instantly
betrayed
by
his
distracted
countenance
.
He
declared
it
was
never
his
intention
to
kill
the
King
:
but
that
he
only
meant
to
wound
him
,
that
God
might
touch
his
heart
,
and
incline
him
to
restore
the
tranquillity
of
his
dominions
by
re-establishing
the
Parliament
,
and
banishing
the
Archbishop
of
Paris
,
whom
he
regarded
as
the
source
of
the
present
commotions
.
In
these
frantic
and
incoherent
declarations
he
persisted
,
amidst
the
most
exquisite
tortures
;
and
after
human
ingenuity
had
been
exhausted
in
devising
new
modes
of
torment
,
his
judges
,
tired
out
with
his
obstinacy
,
consigned
him
to
a
death
,
the
inhumanity
of
which
might
fill
the
hearts
of
savages
with
horror
:
he
was
conducted
to
the
common
place
of
execution
,
amidst
a
vast
concourse
of
the
populace
;
stripped
naked
,
and
fastened
to
the
scaffold
by
iron
manacles
.
One
of
his
hands
was
then
burnt
in
liquid
flaming
sulphur
;
his
thighs
,
legs
,
and
arms
,
were
torn
with
red
hot
pincers
:
boiling
oil
,
melted
lead
,
resin
,
and
sulphur
,
were
poured
into
the
wounds
;
and
,
to
complete
the
terrific
catastrophe
,
he
was
torn
to
pieces
by
horses
!
"
"
And
they
call
him
an
unhappy
wretch
!
"
exclaimed
Holford
,
pushing
the
book
from
him
:
"
no
—
no
!
He
must
have
had
a
great
and
a
powerful
mind
to
have
dared
to
attempt
to
kill
a
King
!
And
his
name
is
remembered
in
history
!
Ah
!
that
thought
must
have
consoled
him
in
the
midst
of
those
infernal
torments
.
What
is
more
delightful
than
the
conviction
of
emerging
from
vile
obscurity
,
and
creating
a
reputation
—
although
one
so
tarnished
and
disfigured
that
the
world
shrinks
from
it
with
loathing
?
Yes
:
—
better
to
be
a
Turpin
or
a
Barrington
—
a
Claude
du
Val
or
a
Jack
Sheppard
,
than
live
unknown
,
and
die
without
exciting
a
sensation
.
But
it
would
be
glorious
—
oh
!
how
glorious
to
be
ranked
with
Ankarstrom
,
Ravaillac
,
Damien
,
Felton
,
Guy
Fawkes
,
Fieschi
,
and
that
gallant
few
who
have
either
slain
,
or
attempted
the
lives
of
,
monarchs
or
great
men
!
I
am
miserable
,
—
poor
,
—
obscure
,
—
and
without
a
hope
of
rising
by
legitimate
means
.
I
have
seen
the
inside
of
a
palace
—
and
am
doomed
to
drag
on
my
wretched
existence
in
this
garret
.
I
have
partaken
of
the
dainties
that
came
from
the
table
of
a
sovereign
—
and
,
were
I
hungry
now
,
a
sorry
crust
is
all
that
my
cupboard
would
afford
.
I
have
listened
to
the
musical
voice
of
that
high-born
lady
whose
name
I
scarcely
dare
to
breathe
even
to
myself
—
and
now
the
cold
blast
of
February
comes
with
its
hoarse
sound
to
grate
upon
my
ears
in
this
miserable
—
miserable
garret
!
Oh
!
why
was
my
destiny
cast
in
so
lowly
a
sphere
?
What
has
been
my
almost
constant
occupation
—
with
some
few
brighter
intervals
—
since
I
was
twelve
years
old
?
A
pot-boy
—
a
low
,
degraded
pot-boy
:
the
servant
of
servants
—
the
slave
of
slaves
—
forced
to
come
and
go
at
the
beck
and
call
of
the
veriest
street-sweeper
that
frequented
the
tap-room
!
Ah
!
my
God
—
when
I
think
of
all
this
humiliation
,
I
feel
that
my
blood
boils
even
up
to
my
very
brain
—
my
eyes
and
cheeks
appear
to
be
upon
fire
—
I
seem
as
if
my
senses
were
leaving
me
!
"
And
,
as
he
spoke
,
he
clenched
his
fists
and
ground
his
teeth
together
with
a
ferocious
bitterness
,
which
indicated
the
fearfully
morbid
condition
of
his
mind
.
For
he
was
enraged
against
fortune
who
had
made
him
poor
and
humble
—
against
the
world
for
keeping
him
so
—
and
against
royalty
and
aristocracy
for
being
so
much
happier
and
so
incomparably
more
blessed
than
the
section
of
society
to
which
he
belonged
.
And
in
his
vanity
—
for
his
soaring
disposition
made
him
vain
—
he
conceived
that
he
possessed
elements
of
greatness
,
which
the
world
,
with
a
wilful
blindness
,
would
not
see
;
or
which
adverse
circumstances
would
not
suffer
to
develop
themselves
.
He
deemed
himself
more
persecuted
than
others
moving
in
the
same
sphere
:
his
restless
,
diseased
,
and
excited
mind
,
had
conjured
up
a
thousand
evils
to
which
he
thought
himself
the
marked
—
the
special
prey
.
He
had
seen
,
in
his
visits
to
the
palace
,
so
much
of
the
highest
eminence
of
luxury
,
pleasure
,
happiness
,
and
indolent
enjoyment
,
that
he
looked
around
with
horror
and
affright
when
he
found
himself
hurled
back
again
into
the
lowest
depths
of
obscurity
,
privation
,
and
cheerlessness
of
life
.
He
had
at
intervals
feasted
his
eyes
so
greedily
with
all
the
fascination
,
the
glitter
,
the
gorgeousness
,
the
splendour
,
the
ease
,
and
the
voluptuousness
,
of
the
Court
,
that
he
could
not
endure
the
contemplation
of
the
fearful
contrast
which
was
afforded
by
the
every-day
and
familiar
scenes
of
starvation
,
penury
,
misery
,
and
ineffectual
toil
that
marked
the
existence
of
the
people
.
The
moral
condition
of
Henry
Holford
was
a
striking
proof
of
the
daring
flights
of
which
the
human
mind
is
capable
.
On
the
very
first
occasion
of
his
visit
to
the
palace
,
he
had
allowed
himself
to
be
carried
away
by
all
the
wildest
emotions
and
the
strangest
impressions
that
were
produced
by
the
novelty
of
what
he
then
saw
and
heard
.
Royalty
had
been
ever
associated
,
in
his
vulgar
conception
,
with
something
grand
and
handsome
in
man
,
and
something
wonderfully
beautiful
in
woman
.
Thus
,
when
he
first
saw
the
Queen
,
he
was
prepared
to
admire
her
:
—
he
admired
her
accordingly
;
and
that
feeling
increased
to
a
degree
the
insolence
of
which
at
times
overawed
and
terrified
even
himself
.
By
another
wayward
inclination
of
his
unhealthy
but
enthusiastic
mind
,
he
had
from
the
first
been
prepared
to
dislike
the
Prince
;
and
this
feeling
increased
in
violence
with
those
circumstances
which
each
successive
visit
to
the
royal
abode
developed
.
At
length
—
as
if
his
evil
destiny
must
infallibly
hurry
him
on
to
some
appalling
catastrophe
—
he
was
discovered
by
the
Prince
in
the
detestable
condition
of
an
eaves-dropper
,
and
was
ignominiously
driven
forth
from
that
dwelling
where
his
mind
had
gradually
collected
the
elements
of
a
most
unnatural
excitement
.
He
knew
that
any
attempt
to
repeat
his
visits
would
be
frustrated
by
the
precautions
which
were
certain
to
have
been
adopted
to
prevent
future
intrusions
of
a
like
nature
;
and
he
now
felt
precisely
as
one
who
is
compelled
suddenly
to
abandon
a
habit
to
which
he
had
become
wedded
.
Strange
as
it
may
appear
,
the
morbid
excitement
attendant
upon
those
visits
to
the
palace
was
as
necessary
to
Holford
's
mental
happiness
as
tobacco
,
opium
,
snuff
,
or
strong
liquors
are
to
so
many
millions
of
individuals
.
With
a
person
in
such
a
state
of
mind
,
the
first
impulse
was
bitter
hatred
against
the
one
who
had
deprived
him
of
a
source
of
pleasurable
excitement
;
and
in
that
vengeful
feeling
were
absorbed
all
those
rational
reflections
which
would
have
convinced
him
that
his
own
insolent
intrusion
—
his
own
unpardonable
conduct
—
had
provoked
the
treatment
he
had
received
.
He
never
paused
to
ask
himself
by
what
right
he
had
entered
the
palace
and
played
the
ignoble
part
of
a
listener
to
private
conversation
and
a
spy
upon
the
hallowed
sanctity
of
domestic
life
:
—
the
dominant
idea
in
his
mind
was
his
ignominious
expulsion
.
"
Fate
has
now
filled
my
cup
of
bitterness
to
the
brim
,
"
he
would
say
to
himself
;
"
and
all
that
remains
for
me
to
do
is
to
avenge
myself
on
him
whom
my
destiny
has
made
the
instrument
of
this
crowning
degradation
.
"
By
degrees
the
mind
of
that
young
man
found
its
gloomy
broodings
upon
vengeance
associating
themselves
with
other
sentiments
.
He
gradually
blended
this
idea
of
revenge
with
the
ardent
desire
of
breaking
those
trammels
which
kept
his
name
imprisoned
in
the
silent
cavern
of
obscurity
.
The
two
sentiments
at
length
united
in
his
imagination
;
and
his
pulse
beat
quickly
—
and
his
eyes
flashed
fire
,
when
he
surveyed
the
possibility
of
gratifying
his
thirst
for
vengeance
and
suddenly
rendering
his
name
notorious
at
the
same
moment
,
and
by
one
desperate
—
fearful
deed
!
The
reader
cannot
now
be
at
a
loss
to
comprehend
how
this
wretchedly
mistaken
young
man
was
brought
to
study
the
history
of
those
regicides
who
have
gained
an
infamous
renown
in
the
annals
of
nations
.
And
as
he
dwelt
with
an
insane
enthusiasm
upon
those
narratives
,
the
feeling
of
admiration
—
nay
,
adoration
—
which
he
had
once
experienced
towards
the
Queen
,
was
merged
in
the
terrible
longing
for
a
diabolical
notoriety
that
now
became
his
predominating
—
his
all-absorbing
passion
!
"
Yes
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
as
he
pushed
the
book
away
from
him
,
that
night
on
which
we
have
introduced
the
reader
to
his
garret
:
"
I
will
be
talked
about
—
my
name
shall
be
upon
every
tongue
!
Obscurity
shall
no
longer
enshroud
me
:
its
darkness
is
painful
to
my
soul
.
I
will
do
a
deed
that
shall
make
the
Kingdom
ring
from
one
end
to
the
other
with
the
astounding
tidings
:
—
the
newspapers
shall
struggle
with
all
the
eagerness
of
competition
to
glean
the
most
trivial
facts
concerning
me
;
—
and
when
the
day
arrives
for
me
to
appear
before
my
judges
,
the
great
nobles
and
the
high-born
ladies
of
England
shall
crowd
in
the
tribunal
to
witness
the
trial
of
the
pot-boy
Henry
Holford
!
"
The
act
on
which
the
young
man
was
now
resolved
,
appeared
not
to
him
in
its
real
light
as
an
atrocious
crime
—
a
damnable
deed
that
would
arouse
a
yell
of
execration
from
one
end
of
the
land
to
the
other
:
—
it
seemed
,
on
the
contrary
,
a
glorious
achievement
of
which
he
would
have
reason
to
be
proud
.
Alas
!
how
strangely
constituted
is
the
human
mind
,
which
,
in
any
state
of
being
,
could
cherish
such
monstrous
delusions
—
such
fatal
aspirations
!
But
is
there
no
blame
to
be
attached
to
society
for
this
development
of
ideas
so
morbid
even
on
the
part
of
one
single
individual
?
is
there
nothing
in
the
constitution
of
that
society
which
gives
encouragement
,
as
it
were
,
to
those
detestable
sentiments
?
Let
us
see
.
Enough
has
been
said
in
the
more
serious
and
reasoning
parts
of
this
work
to
prove
that
society
is
in
a
vitiated
—
a
false
—
and
an
artificial
condition
.
The
poor
are
too
poor
,
and
the
rich
too
rich
:
the
obscure
are
too
low
,
and
the
exalted
too
high
.
The
upper
classes
alone
have
opportunities
of
signalising
themselves
:
the
industrious
millions
have
no
chance
of
rising
in
the
State
.
Interest
procures
rank
in
the
Navy
—
money
buys
promotion
in
the
Army
—
and
interest
and
money
united
obtain
seats
in
the
Legislative
Assembly
.
Interest
and
money
,
then
,
remain
to
the
exclusive
few
:
the
millions
have
neither
—
nor
are
they
even
stimulated
by
a
national
system
of
Education
.
An
aristocrat
of
common
abilities
may
rise
to
eminence
in
some
department
of
the
State
,
with
but
little
trouble
:
but
a
son
of
toil
,
however
vast
his
natural
talents
,
has
not
a
single
chance
of
starting
from
obscurity
through
the
medium
of
their
proper
development
.
This
is
true
:
and
we
defy
the
most
subtle
reasoner
on
behalf
of
the
oligarchy
to
refute
those
positions
.
Now
,
such
being
the
case
,
—
with
a
dominant
aristocracy
on
one
hand
,
and
the
oppressed
millions
on
the
other
,
—
is
it
not
evident
that
every
now
and
then
some
member
of
the
latter
class
will
brood
upon
the
vast
,
the
astounding
contrast
until
feelings
of
a
deplorably
morbid
nature
become
excited
in
his
mind
?
How
could
it
be
otherwise
?
Ireland
,
with
its
agrarian
outrages
and
its
frequent
instances
of
assassination
,
proves
the
fact
.
England
,
with
its
incendiary
fires
in
periods
of
deep
distress
,
affords
additional
corroboration
.
We
deplore
that
such
should
be
the
case
;
and
not
for
a
moment
do
we
advocate
such
means
of
vindicating
just
rights
against
the
usurpers
thereof
.
But
if
these
instances
of
outbreaking
revenge
—
if
these
ebullitions
of
indomitable
resentment
do
now
and
then
occur
,
no
small
portion
of
the
blame
must
be
charged
against
that
aristocracy
which
maintains
itself
on
an
eminence
so
immeasurably
above
the
depths
in
which
the
masses
are
compelled
to
languish
.
And
when
the
poor
creature
who
is
goaded
to
desperation
,
does
strike
—
can
we
wonder
if
,
in
the
madness
of
his
rage
,
he
deals
his
blows
indiscriminately
,
or
against
an
innocent
person
?
He
may
even
aim
at
royalty
itself
—
although
,
in
every
really
constitutional
country
,
the
sovereign
is
little
more
than
a
mere
puppet
,
the
Prime
Minister
of
the
day
being
the
virtual
ruler
of
the
nation
.
From
what
we
have
said
,
it
is
easy
to
perceive
how
the
contemplation
of
the
splendid
luxury
of
the
palace
first
unhinged
and
unsettled
the
mind
of
Henry
Holford
.
We
must
now
go
a
step
farther
.
Society
manifests
a
most
inordinate
and
pernicious
curiosity
in
respect
to
criminals
who
perpetrate
an
unusual
offence
.
This
curiosity
passes
all
legitimate
bounds
.
The
newspapers
,
with
a
natural
attention
to
pecuniary
interests
,
obey
the
cravings
of
that
feeling
by
serving
up
the
most
highly-seasoned
food
to
suit
the
peculiar
appetite
.
Portraits
of
the
guilty
one
are
exhibited
in
every
picture-shop
.
Apposite
allusions
are
introduced
into
dramatic
representations
;
and
even
the
presiding
genius
of
a
"
Punch
and
Judy
show
"
mingles
the
subject
with
his
humorous
outpourings
.
If
the
criminal
make
an
attack
upon
royalty
,
he
goes
through
the
important
but
mysterious
ordeal
of
an
examination
at
the
Home
Office
,
whence
the
reporters
for
the
press
are
excluded
.
On
his
appearance
at
Bow
Street
,
the
magisterial
tribunal
is
"
crowded
with
gentlemen
and
ladies
,
who
were
accommodated
with
seats
upon
the
bench
,
"
as
the
journals
say
;
and
when
the
finale
comes
at
the
Central
Criminal
Court
,
the
fees
for
admission
to
the
gallery
rise
to
two
or
three
guineas
for
each
individual
.
Thus
the
criminal
is
made
into
a
hero
!
Now
is
not
all
this
sufficient
to
turn
the
head
of
one
whose
mind
is
already
partially
unhinged
?
Society
,
then
,
is
to
blame
in
many
ways
for
the
development
of
those
morbid
feelings
which
,
in
the
present
instance
,
actuated
Henry
Holford
in
his
desperate
purpose
.
CHAPTER
CCXI
.
THE
DEED
.
Crankey
Jem
was
at
dinner
,
in
the
afternoon
of
the
day
which
followed
the
night
of
Holford
's
sad
historical
studies
,
when
the
young
man
entered
his
room
.
"
Oh
!
so
you
've
turned
up
at
last
,
"
said
Jem
,
pointing
to
a
seat
,
and
pushing
a
plate
across
the
table
in
the
same
direction
.
"
What
have
you
been
doing
with
yourself
for
the
last
two
days
?
But
sit
down
first
,
and
get
something
to
eat
;
for
you
look
as
pale
and
haggard
as
if
you
'd
just
been
turned
out
of
a
workhouse
.
"
"
I
am
not
well
,
Jem
,
"
replied
Holford
,
evasively
;
"
and
I
cannot
eat
—
thank
you
all
the
same
.
But
I
will
take
a
glass
of
beer
:
it
may
refresh
me
.
"
"
Do
.
You
really
seem
very
ill
,
my
poor
lad
,
"
observed
Crankey
Jem
,
attentively
surveying
Holford
's
countenance
,
which
was
sadly
changed
.
"
If
you
have
got
no
money
left
,
my
little
store
is
at
your
service
,
as
far
as
it
goes
;
and
you
need
not
think
of
working
in
any
way
till
you
are
better
.
I
can
easily
make
another
boat
or
two
more
during
the
week
;
and
so
you
shall
not
want
for
either
medicine
or
good
food
.
"
"
You
are
very
kind
to
me
,
Jem
,
"
said
Holford
,
wiping
away
a
tear
.
"
If
it
had
n't
been
for
you
I
do
n't
know
what
I
should
have
done
.
You
have
supplied
me
with
the
means
of
getting
a
lodging
and
—
—
"
"
And
you
served
me
well
by
tracing
the
villain
Tidkins
to
his
nest
in
Globe
Lane
,
"
interrupted
the
returned
transport
.
"
I
have
watched
about
that
neighbourhood
every
night
since
you
followed
him
there
,
and
have
seen
something
that
has
made
me
hesitate
a
little
before
I
pay
him
the
debt
of
vengeance
I
owe
him
.
Now
that
he
is
in
my
power
,
I
do
n't
care
about
waiting
a
while
.
Besides
,
if
I
can
find
him
out
in
something
that
would
send
him
to
the
gibbet
,
I
would
sooner
let
him
die
that
way
—
as
a
dog
,
with
a
halter
round
his
neck
—
than
kill
him
outright
with
my
dagger
.
"
"
And
you
suspect
—
—
"
began
Holford
.
"
Yes
—
yes
:
but
no
matter
now
,
"
cried
Jem
,
hastily
.
"
You
are
not
in
the
right
mood
to-day
to
listen
to
me
:
but
,
either
I
am
very
much
mistaken
,
or
murder
has
been
committed
within
the
last
few
days
at
that
house
in
Globe
Town
.
At
all
events
,
I
saw
a
person
taken
by
force
into
the
place
one
night
;
and
that
person
has
never
come
out
again
since
.
"
"
How
do
you
know
?
"
said
Holford
.
"
You
only
watch
about
the
neighbourhood
by
night
.
"
"
And
is
it
likely
that
a
person
who
was
conveyed
into
that
house
by
force
during
the
night
,
would
be
allowed
to
walk
quietly
out
in
the
day-time
?
"
demanded
Crankey
Jem
.
"
No
such
thing
!
Tidkins
is
not
the
chap
to
play
such
a
game
.
The
person
I
speak
of
was
blindfolded
—
I
could
see
it
all
as
plain
as
possible
,
for
the
moon
was
bright
,
though
I
kept
in
the
shade
.
Now
,
being
blindfolded
,
"
continued
Jem
,
"
it
was
to
prevent
her
—
—
"
"
What
?
was
the
person
a
woman
?
"
cried
Holford
,
his
interest
in
Jem
's
conversation
somewhat
increasing
,
in
spite
of
the
absorbing
nature
of
his
own
reflections
.
"
Yes
.
And
,
as
I
was
saying
,
the
blindfolding
was
of
course
to
prevent
her
knowing
whereabouts
she
was
:
so
it
is
n't
likely
that
Tidkins
would
let
her
go
away
again
in
the
broad
day-light
.
"
"
Neither
does
it
seem
probable
that
he
took
her
there
to
make
away
with
her
,
"
said
Holford
;
"
for
,
as
the
dead
tell
no
tales
,
there
was
not
any
use
in
binding
her
eyes
.
"
"
That
also
struck
me
,
"
observed
Crankey
Jem
;
"
and
it
's
all
those
doubts
and
uncertainties
that
make
me
watch
him
so
close
to
find
out
what
it
all
means
.
And
,
mark
me
,
Harry
—
I
will
find
it
all
out
too
!
I
'm
pretty
near
as
cunning
as
he
is
!
Why
—
what
a
fool
he
must
take
me
for
,
if
he
thinks
I
ca
n't
see
that
he
has
got
a
great
hulking
chap
to
dog
me
about
.
But
I
always
give
him
the
slip
somehow
or
another
;
and
every
evening
when
I
go
out
I
take
a
different
direction
.
So
I
'll
be
bound
that
I
've
set
Tidkins
and
his
man
at
fault
.
The
night
afore
last
I
saw
the
spy
,
as
I
call
him
—
I
mean
the
chap
that
is
set
to
dog
me
—
go
to
Tidkins
's
house
;
and
about
an
hour
afterwards
a
man
I
once
knew
well
—
one
Jack
Wicks
,
who
is
called
the
Buffer
—
went
there
also
.
Ah
!
there
's
a
precious
nest
of
them
!
"
"
I
say
,
Jem
,
"
exclaimed
Henry
Holford
,
abruptly
,
"
I
wish
you
would
lend
me
your
pistols
for
a
few
hours
.
"
"
And
what
do
you
want
with
pistols
,
young
feller
?
"
demanded
the
returned
convict
,
laying
down
his
knife
,
and
looking
Holford
full
in
the
face
.
"
A
friend
of
mine
has
made
a
wager
with
another
man
about
hitting
a
halfpenny
at
thirty
paces
,
"
said
Henry
,
returning
the
glance
in
a
manner
so
confident
and
unabashed
,
that
Jem
's
suspicions
were
hushed
in
a
moment
.
"
Yes
—
you
shall
have
the
pistols
till
this
evening
,
"
said
he
:
"
but
mind
you
bring
'
em
back
before
dusk
.
"
With
these
words
,
he
rose
,
went
to
a
cupboard
,
and
produced
the
weapons
.
"
I
'll
be
sure
to
bring
them
back
by
the
time
you
go
out
,
"
said
Holford
.
"
Are
they
loaded
?
"
"
No
,
"
answered
Jem
.
"
But
here
's
powder
and
ball
,
which
you
can
take
along
with
you
.
"
"
I
wish
you
would
load
them
all
ready
,
"
observed
Holford
.
"
I
—
I
do
n't
think
my
friend
knows
how
.
"
"
Not
know
how
to
load
a
pistol
—
and
yet
be
able
to
handle
one
skilfully
!
"
ejaculated
Jem
,
his
vague
suspicions
returning
.
"
Many
persons
learn
to
fire
at
a
mark
at
Copenhagen
House
,
or
a
dozen
other
places
about
London
,
"
said
the
young
man
,
still
completely
unabashed
;
"
and
yet
they
ca
n't
load
a
pistol
for
the
life
of
them
.
"
"
Well
—
that
's
true
enough
,
"
muttered
Jem
.
Still
he
was
not
quite
reassured
;
and
yet
he
was
unwilling
to
tax
Holford
with
requiring
the
pistols
for
any
improper
purpose
.
The
young
lad
's
reasons
might
be
true
—
they
were
at
least
feasible
;
and
Jem
was
loth
to
hurt
his
feelings
by
hinting
at
any
suspicion
which
the
demand
for
the
weapons
had
occasioned
.
Moreover
,
it
would
be
churlish
to
refuse
the
loan
of
them
—
and
almost
equally
so
to
decline
loading
them
;
—
and
the
returned
convict
possessed
an
obliging
disposition
,
although
he
had
been
so
much
knocked
about
in
the
world
.
He
was
also
attached
to
Henry
Holford
,
and
would
go
far
to
serve
him
.
Nevertheless
,
he
still
hesitated
.
"
Well
—
wo
n't
you
do
what
I
ask
you
,
Jem
?
"
said
Holford
,
observing
that
he
wavered
.
"
Is
it
really
for
your
friends
?
"
demanded
the
man
,
turning
short
round
upon
the
lad
.
"
Do
n't
you
believe
me
?
"
cried
Holford
,
now
blushing
deeply
.
"
Why
,
you
cannot
think
that
I
'm
going
to
commit
a
highway
robbery
or
a
burglary
in
the
day-time
—
even
if
I
ever
did
at
all
?
"
"
No
—
no
,
"
said
Jem
;
"
but
you
seemed
so
strange
—
so
excited
—
when
you
first
came
in
—
—
"
"
Ha
!
ha
!
"
cried
Holford
,
laughing
:
"
you
thought
I
was
going
to
make
away
with
myself
!
No
,
Jem
—
the
river
would
be
better
than
the
pistol
,
if
I
meant
that
.
"
"
Well
—
you
must
have
your
will
,
then
,
"
said
Crankey
Jem
;
and
,
turning
to
the
cupboard
,
he
proceeded
to
load
the
pistols
.
But
still
he
was
not
altogether
satisfied
!
Holford
rose
from
his
seat
with
an
assumed
air
of
indifference
,
and
approached
the
table
where
the
little
models
of
the
ships
were
standing
.
A
few
minutes
thus
elapsed
in
profound
silence
.
"
They
're
all
ready
now
,
"
said
Jem
,
at
length
;
"
and
as
your
friends
do
n't
know
how
to
load
them
,
it
's
no
use
your
taking
the
powder
and
ball
.
I
suppose
they
'll
fire
a
shot
each
,
and
have
done
with
it
?
"
"
I
suppose
so
,
"
returned
Holford
,
as
he
concealed
the
pistols
about
his
person
.
"
I
shall
see
you
again
presently
.
Good
bye
till
then
.
"
"
Good
bye
,
"
said
Jem
.
But
scarcely
had
Holford
left
the
room
a
minute
,
when
the
returned
convict
followed
him
.
The
fact
was
that
there
shot
forth
a
gleam
of
such
inexpressible
satisfaction
from
Holford
's
eyes
,
at
the
moment
when
he
grasped
the
pistols
,
that
the
vague
suspicions
which
had
already
been
floating
in
the
mind
of
Crankey
Jem
seemed
suddenly
to
receive
confirmation
—
or
at
least
to
be
materially
strengthened
;
and
he
feared
lest
his
young
friend
meditated
self-destruction
.
"
The
pistols
are
of
no
use
to
him
,
"
muttered
Jem
,
as
he
hastened
down
the
stairs
,
slouching
his
large
hat
over
his
eyes
;
"
but
if
he
is
bent
on
suicide
,
the
river
is
not
far
off
.
I
do
n't
like
his
manner
at
all
!
"
When
he
gained
the
street
,
he
looked
hastily
up
and
down
,
and
caught
a
glimpse
of
Holford
,
who
was
just
turning
into
Russell
Street
,
leading
from
Drury
Lane
towards
Covent
Garden
.
"
I
will
watch
him
at
all
events
,
"
thought
Crankey
Jem
.
"
If
he
means
no
harm
,
he
will
never
find
out
that
I
did
it
;
and
if
he
does
,
I
may
save
him
.
"
Meantime
,
Holford
,
little
suspecting
that
his
friend
was
at
no
great
distance
behind
him
,
pursued
his
way
towards
St.
James
's
Park
.
Now
that
his
mind
was
bent
upon
a
particular
object
,
and
that
all
considerations
had
resolved
themselves
into
that
fixed
determination
,
his
countenance
,
though
very
pale
,
was
singularly
calm
and
tranquil
;
and
neither
by
his
face
nor
his
manner
did
he
attract
any
particular
notice
as
he
wandered
slowly
along
.
He
gained
the
Park
,
and
proceeded
up
the
Mall
towards
Constitution
Hill
.
Crankey
Jem
followed
him
at
a
distance
.
"
Perhaps
,
after
all
,
it
is
true
that
he
has
got
some
friends
to
meet
,
"
he
muttered
to
himself
;
"
and
it
may
be
somewhere
hereabouts
that
he
is
to
join
them
.
"
Holford
stopped
midway
in
the
wide
road
intersecting
Constitution
Hill
,
and
lounged
in
an
apparently
indifferent
manner
against
the
fence
skirting
the
Green
Park
.
There
were
but
few
persons
about
,
in
that
particular
direction
,
at
the
time
,
—
although
the
afternoon
was
very
fine
,
and
the
sun
was
shining
brightly
through
the
fresh
,
frosty
air
.
It
was
now
three
o'clock
;
and
some
little
bustle
was
visible
amongst
those
few
loungers
who
were
at
the
commencement
of
the
road
,
and
who
were
enabled
to
command
a
view
of
the
front
of
the
palace
.
They
ranged
themselves
on
one
side
:
—
there
was
a
trampling
of
horses
;
and
in
a
few
moments
a
low
open
phaeton
,
drawn
by
four
bays
,
turned
rapidly
from
the
park
into
the
road
leading
over
Constitution
Hill
.
"
They
are
coming
!
"
murmured
Holford
to
himself
,
as
he
observed
the
equipage
from
the
short
distance
where
he
was
standing
.
Every
hat
was
raised
by
the
little
group
at
the
end
of
the
road
,
as
the
vehicle
dashed
by
—
for
in
it
were
seated
the
Queen
and
her
illustrious
husband
.
By
a
strange
coincidence
Her
Majesty
was
sitting
on
the
left
hand
of
Prince
Albert
,
and
not
on
the
right
as
usual
:
she
was
consequently
nearest
to
the
wall
of
the
palace-gardens
,
while
the
Prince
was
nearest
to
the
railings
of
the
Green
Park
.
And
now
the
moment
so
anxiously
desired
by
Holford
,
was
at
hand
:
—
the
phaeton
drew
nigh
.
He
hesitated
:
—
yes
—
he
hesitated
;
—
but
it
was
only
for
a
single
second
.
"
Now
to
avenge
my
expulsion
from
the
palace
!
—
now
to
make
my
name
a
subject
for
history
!
"
were
the
thoughts
that
,
rapid
as
lightning
,
flashed
across
his
mind
.
Not
another
moment
did
he
waver
;
but
,
advancing
from
the
railings
against
which
he
had
been
lounging
,
he
drew
a
pistol
from
his
breast
and
fired
it
point-blank
at
the
royal
couple
as
the
phaeton
dashed
past
.
The
Queen
screamed
and
rose
from
her
seat
;
and
the
postillions
stopped
their
horses
.
"
Drive
on
!
"
cried
the
Prince
,
in
a
loud
tone
,
as
he
pulled
Her
Majesty
back
upon
the
seat
;
and
his
countenance
was
ashy
pale
.
Holford
threw
the
first
pistol
hastily
away
from
him
,
and
drew
forth
the
second
.
But
at
that
moment
a
powerful
grasp
seized
him
from
behind
,
—
his
arm
was
knocked
upwards
,
—
the
pistol
went
off
into
the
air
,
—
and
a
well-known
voice
cried
in
his
ears
,
"
My
God
!
Harry
,
what
madness
is
this
?
"
Several
other
persons
had
by
this
time
collected
on
the
spot
;
and
the
most
cordial
shouts
of
"
God
save
the
Queen
!
"
"
God
save
the
Prince
!
"
burst
from
their
lips
.
Her
Majesty
bowed
in
a
most
graceful
and
grateful
manner
:
the
Prince
raised
his
hat
in
acknowledgment
of
the
sympathy
and
attachment
manifested
towards
his
royal
spouse
and
himself
;
—
and
the
phaeton
rolled
rapidly
away
towards
Hyde
Park
,
in
obedience
to
the
wishes
of
the
Queen
and
the
orders
of
the
Prince
.
"
What
madness
is
this
,
I
say
,
Harry
?
"
repeated
Crankey
Jem
,
without
relaxing
his
hold
upon
the
would-be
regicide
.
But
Holford
hung
down
his
head
,
and
maintained
a
moody
silence
.
"
Do
you
know
him
?
"
"
Who
is
he
?
"
were
the
questions
that
were
now
addressed
to
Crankey
Jem
from
all
sides
.
But
before
he
could
answer
his
interrogators
,
two
policemen
broke
through
the
crowd
,
and
took
Holford
into
custody
.
"
We
must
take
him
to
the
Home
Office
,
"
said
one
of
the
officers
,
who
was
a
serjeant
,
to
his
companion
.
"
Yes
,
Mr.
Crisp
,
"
was
the
reply
.
"
And
you
,
my
good
feller
,
"
continued
the
serjeant
,
addressing
himself
to
Crankey
Jem
,
"
had
better
come
along
with
us
—
since
you
was
the
first
to
seize
on
this
here
young
miscreant
.
"
"
I
'd
rather
not
,
"
said
Jem
,
now
terribly
alarmed
on
his
own
account
:
"
I
—
—
"
"
Oh
!
nonsense
,
"
cried
Mr.
Crisp
.
"
The
Home
Secretary
is
a
wery
nice
genelman
,
and
will
tell
you
how
much
obleeged
he
is
to
you
for
having
seized
—
—
But
,
I
say
,
"
added
Mr.
Crisp
,
changing
his
tone
and
assuming
a
severe
look
as
he
gazed
on
the
countenance
of
the
returned
convict
,
"
what
the
deuce
have
we
here
?
"
"
What
,
Mr.
Crisp
?
"
said
the
policeman
,
who
had
charge
of
Holford
.
"
Why
!
if
my
eyes
does
n't
deceive
me
,
"
cried
the
serjeant
,
"
this
here
feller
is
one
James
Cuffin
,
generally
known
as
Crankey
Jem
—
and
he
's
a
'
scaped
felon
.
"
With
these
words
Mr.
Crisp
collared
the
poor
fellow
,
who
offered
no
resistance
.
But
large
tears
rolled
down
his
cheeks
!
Policemen
and
prisoners
then
proceeded
across
the
park
to
the
Home
Office
,
followed
by
a
crowd
that
rapidly
increased
in
numbers
as
it
rolled
onwards
.
CHAPTER
CCXII
.
THE
EXAMINATION
AT
THE
HOME
OFFICE
.
On
the
arrival
of
the
two
prisoners
and
the
two
policemen
at
the
Home
Office
,
they
were
shown
into
a
small
room
joining
the
one
in
which
the
Secretary
of
State
for
that
Department
was
accustomed
to
receive
individuals
or
deputations
,
and
where
we
have
already
seen
him
in
an
earlier
portion
of
this
work
.
But
on
the
present
occasion
the
Home
Secretary
had
to
be
fetched
from
the
Foreign
Office
,
where
he
was
sitting
with
his
colleagues
in
a
Cabinet
Council
.
The
police
officers
and
the
prisoners
were
therefore
left
alone
together
for
nearly
half
an
hour
in
the
room
to
which
some
subordinate
official
had
ordered
them
to
be
conducted
,
upon
the
motives
of
their
presence
there
being
made
known
to
him
.
The
crime
of
which
Holford
was
accused
seemed
too
grave
and
serious
for
even
the
tamperings
of
policemen
:
still
as
these
gentry
are
not
merely
content
with
having
a
finger
in
almost
every
pie
,
but
must
thrust
a
whole
hand
in
when
once
they
find
the
opportunity
,
it
was
impossible
that
either
Mr.
Crisp
or
his
colleague
could
leave
Crankey
Jem
as
well
as
the
would-be
regicide
unassailed
with
questions
.
The
common
policeman
placed
a
chair
against
the
outer
door
of
the
room
,
and
seated
himself
in
it
with
the
air
of
a
man
who
meant
to
say
as
plainly
as
he
could
,
"
Escape
now
if
you
can
.
"
Holford
sank
upon
a
seat
and
fell
into
a
profound
reverie
;
but
it
was
impossible
to
gather
the
nature
of
his
thoughts
from
the
now
passionless
and
almost
apathetic
expression
of
his
countenance
.
Crankey
Jem
also
took
a
chair
;
but
his
nervous
manner
,
the
pallor
of
his
face
,
the
quivering
of
his
lip
,
and
the
unsettled
glances
of
his
eyes
,
betrayed
the
fearful
condition
of
his
mind
.
The
poor
wretch
already
imagined
himself
transported
back
amongst
the
horrors
of
Norfolk
Island
!
As
for
Mr.
Crisp
,
he
walked
once
or
twice
up
and
down
the
room
,
surveying
himself
complacently
in
a
mirror
,
and
then
advancing
towards
Crankey
Jem
,
said
with
a
sort
of
official
importance
,
"
Well
,
my
fine
feller
,
you
've
done
it
pretty
brown
again
—
you
have
.
"
Jem
Cuffin
cast
upon
him
a
look
of
deep
disgust
.
"
Remember
,
"
continued
Mr.
Crisp
,
in
no
way
abashed
at
this
unequivocal
expression
of
feeling
,
"
whatever
you
says
to
me
now
will
probably
trans-peer
in
another
place
,
as
we
officials
express
it
;
but
if
you
choose
to
tell
me
anything
by
way
of
unbuzziming
yourself
and
easing
your
conscience
,
why
,
I
do
n't
think
there
'd
be
no
harm
in
it
,
and
it
might
do
you
good
with
the
'
thorities
.
At
the
same
time
it
's
no
part
of
my
dooty
to
pump
you
.
"
"
I
have
nothing
to
say
to
you
,
"
observed
Crankey
Jem
.
"
Well
—
p'rhaps
that
's
prudent
,
—
'
cos
I
'm
official
after
all
,
"
said
Mr.
Crisp
.
"
But
if
so
be
you
was
to
tell
me
how
you
got
away
from
transportation
,
how
long
you
've
been
in
England
,
and
what
you
've
been
doing
with
yourself
since
your
return
,
I
do
n't
see
that
you
could
prejjudidge
yourself
.
"
"
As
you
've
had
the
trouble
of
taking
me
,
policeman
,
you
'd
better
go
to
the
extra
trouble
of
finding
out
what
you
want
to
know
about
me
,
"
said
Jem
.
"
You
need
n't
be
uppish
with
me
,
because
I
did
my
dooty
,
"
returned
Mr.
Crisp
.
"
Remember
,
I
do
n't
ask
—
but
I
s'pose
you
've
been
living
in
London
—
eh
?
"
"
Well
—
and
if
I
have
—
—
"
"
There
!
I
knowed
you
had
,
"
cried
Crisp
.
"
I
did
n't
say
so
,
"
observed
Jem
Cuffin
,
angrily
.
"
No
—
but
you
ca
n't
deny
it
,
though
.
Well
,
then
—
as
you
have
been
living
in
London
,
according
to
your
own
admission
,
"
continued
Mr.
Crisp
,
"
in
course
you
must
have
hung
out
in
some
partickler
quarter
.
Remember
,
I
do
n't
ask
you
—
but
I
des
say
it
was
in
the
Holy
Land
.
"
"
I
dare
say
it
was
n't
,
"
returned
Jem
,
drily
.
"
Then
it
was
in
the
Mint
,
I
'll
be
bound
,
"
cried
Crisp
.
"
I
do
n't
ask
,
you
know
—
but
was
n't
it
in
the
Mint
?
"
"
No
—
it
was
n't
,
"
said
Crankey
Jem
,
with
a
movement
of
impatience
.
"
Not
the
Mint
—
eh
?
Well
,
if
you
says
so
,
it
must
be
true
—
'
cos
you
should
know
best
.
But
I
s'pose
you
wo
n't
deny
that
it
was
somewhere
in
Clerkenwell
?
"
"
You
're
out
again
,
"
returned
Crankey
Jem
.
"
The
devil
I
am
!
"
exclaimed
Crisp
,
rubbing
his
nose
.
"
And
yet
I
'm
a
pretty
good
hand
at
a
guess
too
.
Now
it
is
n't
my
wish
or
my
dooty
to
pump
a
prisoner
—
but
I
should
like
to
be
resolved
as
to
whether
you
have
n't
been
living
in
the
Happy
Valley
?
"
"
No
,
"
cried
Jem
;
"
and
now
leave
me
alone
.
"
"
Not
the
Happy
Valley
—
eh
?
"
proceeded
the
indefatigable
Mr.
Crisp
:
then
,
perceiving
that
his
endeavours
to
find
out
the
prisoner
's
place
of
abode
were
useless
,
he
went
upon
another
tack
.
"
Well
—
it
is
n't
my
business
to
pump
you
;
but
I
am
really
at
a
loss
to
think
how
you
could
have
been
such
a
fool
as
to
go
back
to
your
old
tricks
and
break
into
that
house
there
—
down
yonder
,
I
mean
—
you
know
where
?
Come
now
?
"
And
Mr.
Crisp
fixed
a
searching
eye
upon
Crankey
Jem
's
countenance
.
"
I
tell
you
what
it
is
,
"
exclaimed
the
prisoner
,
seriously
irritated
at
length
;
"
you
want
to
entrap
me
,
if
you
can
—
but
you
ca
n't
.
And
for
a
very
good
reason
too
—
because
I
have
n't
broken
into
any
house
at
all
,
or
done
a
thing
I
'm
ashamed
of
since
I
came
back
to
England
.
"
With
these
words
,
Crankey
Jem
turned
his
back
upon
the
baffled
Mr.
Crisp
,
and
looked
out
of
the
window
.
Almost
at
the
same
moment
an
inner
door
was
thrown
open
,
and
one
of
the
Under
Secretaries
for
the
Home
Department
beckoned
Mr.
Crisp
into
the
adjacent
room
,
where
the
principal
Secretary
was
already
seated
,
he
having
arrived
by
the
private
entrance
.
Crisp
remained
with
the
Minister
for
about
ten
minutes
,
and
then
returned
to
the
ante-room
,
but
it
was
merely
to
conduct
Henry
Holford
and
Crankey
Jem
into
the
presence
of
the
Home
Secretary
and
the
Chief
Magistrate
of
Bow
Street
.
"
You
may
withdraw
,
Mr.
—
—
ahem
?
"
said
the
Home
Secretary
,
addressing
the
police-officer
.
"
Crisp
,
my
lord
—
Crisp
is
my
name
.
"
"
Oh
!
very
good
,
Mr.
Frisk
.
You
may
withdraw
,
Mr.
Frisk
,
"
repeated
the
Minister
.
And
the
police-officer
retired
accordingly
,
marvelling
how
the
examination
could
possibly
be
conducted
in
a
proper
manner
without
his
important
presence
.
The
magistrate
commenced
by
informing
Henry
Holford
of
the
accusation
laid
against
him
by
Crisp
,
and
then
cautioned
him
in
the
usual
manner
to
beware
of
what
he
said
,
as
anything
he
uttered
might
be
used
in
evidence
against
him
.
"
I
have
no
desire
to
conceal
or
deny
a
single
particle
of
the
whole
truth
,
"
returned
Holford
.
"
I
acknowledge
that
I
fired
at
the
Queen
and
Prince
Albert
—
and
with
pistols
loaded
with
ball
,
too
.
"
"
No
—
there
you
are
wrong
,
"
exclaimed
Jem
;
"
for
I
loaded
the
pistols
myself
,
and
I
took
good
care
only
to
put
powder
into
them
.
"
Holford
cast
a
glance
of
unfeigned
surprise
on
his
friend
.
"
Yes
,
"
continued
the
latter
,
"
what
I
say
is
the
truth
.
Your
manner
was
so
strange
when
you
came
to
me
to
borrow
the
pistols
,
that
I
feared
you
meant
to
make
away
with
yourself
.
I
did
not
like
to
refuse
to
lend
you
the
weapons
—
particularly
as
I
knew
that
if
you
was
really
bent
on
suicide
,
you
could
do
it
in
other
ways
.
But
I
was
resolved
that
my
pistols
should
not
help
you
in
the
matter
;
and
I
only
charged
them
with
powder
.
Then
I
followed
you
all
the
way
down
to
the
Park
;
and
as
you
did
not
stop
anywhere
,
I
know
that
you
could
n't
have
either
bought
balls
or
altered
the
charge
of
the
pistols
.
"
"
This
is
important
,
"
said
the
magistrate
to
the
Home
Secretary
.
"
Very
important
,
"
answered
the
latter
functionary
,
who
,
from
the
first
moment
that
Holford
entered
the
room
,
had
never
ceased
to
gaze
at
him
in
the
same
way
that
one
would
contemplate
an
animal
with
two
heads
,
or
four
tails
,
in
the
Zoological
Gardens
.
"
It
is
very
evident
that
the
man
was
no
accomplice
in
the
proceeding
,
"
remarked
the
magistrate
,
in
an
under
tone
.
The
words
did
not
,
however
,
escape
Holford
's
ears
.
"
He
an
accomplice
,
sir
!
"
cried
the
youth
,
as
if
indignant
at
the
bare
idea
.
"
Oh
!
no
—
he
has
been
a
good
friend
to
me
,
and
would
have
advised
me
quite
otherwise
,
had
I
mentioned
my
purpose
to
him
.
He
was
the
first
to
rush
upon
me
,
and
—
I
remember
now
—
knocked
up
my
arm
when
I
was
about
to
fire
the
second
pistol
.
"
Crisp
and
the
other
policeman
were
called
in
separately
,
and
examined
upon
this
point
.
Their
evidence
went
entirely
to
prove
that
James
Cuffin
could
not
have
been
an
accomplice
in
the
deed
.
When
the
policemen
had
withdrawn
,
the
Home
Secretary
and
the
magistrate
conversed
together
in
a
low
tone
.
"
This
man
Cuffin
's
evidence
will
be
absolutely
necessary
,
my
lord
,
"
said
the
magistrate
;
"
and
yet
,
as
a
condemned
felon
,
and
with
another
charge
—
namely
,
that
of
returning
from
transportation
—
hanging
over
him
,
he
cannot
be
admitted
as
a
witness
.
"
"
You
must
remand
him
for
farther
examination
,
"
returned
the
Home
Secretary
;
"
and
in
the
mean
time
I
will
advise
Her
Majesty
to
grant
him
a
free
pardon
.
"
"
And
Henry
Holford
will
stand
committed
to
Newgate
,
my
lord
?
"
said
the
magistrate
,
inquiringly
.
The
Minister
nodded
an
assent
.
The
policemen
were
re-admitted
,
the
depositions
were
signed
,
and
the
necessary
instructions
were
given
for
the
removal
of
the
prisoners
.
Two
cabs
were
procured
:
Holford
was
conducted
to
one
,
and
conveyed
to
Newgate
,
—
but
not
before
he
had
shaken
hands
with
Crankey
Jem
,
who
shed
tears
when
he
took
so
sad
a
farewell
of
the
lad
,
whom
he
really
liked
.
He
himself
was
shortly
afterwards
removed
in
the
other
cab
to
the
New
Prison
,
Clerkenwell
.
CHAPTER
CCXIII
.
THE
TORTURES
OF
LADY
RAVENSWORTH
.
A
week
had
now
elapsed
since
Lydia
Hutchinson
entered
the
service
of
Lady
Ravensworth
.
The
service
!
Oh
!
what
a
service
was
that
where
the
menial
had
become
the
mistress
,
and
the
mistress
had
descended
to
the
menial
.
From
the
moment
that
Lydia
had
expressed
her
unalterable
resolution
to
remain
at
the
Hall
,
Lord
Ravensworth
scarcely
ever
quitted
his
private
cabinet
.
He
had
a
bed
made
up
in
an
adjoining
room
,
and
secluded
himself
completely
from
his
wife
.
Vainly
did
Adeline
seek
him
—
go
upon
her
knees
before
him
—
and
beseech
him
,
with
the
bitterest
tears
and
the
most
fervent
prayers
,
to
return
to
an
active
life
:
—
he
contemplated
her
with
an
apathetic
listlessness
—
as
if
he
were
verging
,
when
but
little
past
the
prime
of
life
,
into
second
childhood
.
Or
if
he
did
manifest
a
