[Jack Sheppard by William Harrison Ainsworth]@TWC D-Link bookJack Sheppard CHAPTER VII 8/9
Take that box, and put it into the carriage yourself.
Where is Sir Rowland ?" "In the library, your ladyship.
He has given orders that no one is to disturb him.
But there's a person in the hall--a very odd sort of man--waiting to see him, who won't be sent away." "Very well.
Lose not a moment, Hobson." The elderly domestic bowed, took up the case, and retired. "Your ladyship is far too unwell to travel," remarked the female attendant, assisting her to rise; "you'll never be able to reach Manchester." "It matters not, Norris," replied Lady Trafford: "I would rather die on the road, than be exposed to another such scene as I have just encountered." "Dear me!" sympathised Mrs.Norris.
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