Judith attended the coffin-maker, and it was mainly owing to her that he got through the attack.

She never left him for a moment, and would never suffer any one to approach him--a necessary precaution, as he was so much alarmed by his situation that he would infallibly have made some awkward revelations.

When Judith, in her turn, was seized, Chowles exhibited no such consideration for her, and scarcely affected to conceal his disappointment at her recovery.

This want of feeling on his part greatly incensed her against him, and though he contrived in some degree to appease her, it was long before she entirely forgave him.

Far from being amended by her sufferings, she seemed to have grown more obdurate, and instantly commenced a fresh career of crime.