’ Chapter Six Creeping along the dark narrow passage, with lantern held well ahead to keep her step steady on the uneven stones—and to warn her of the advent of rats— Melusine kept her long petticoats fastidiously clear of the dirt with an efficient hand, a habit she had learned in the convent. It had thrust her back with an undignified scuffle, with vulgar comedy, with an unendurable, scornful grin. ‘Or do I arrest you and have these soldiers march you off to gaol?’ A sweep of his arm indicated the array of military strength on the benches, every eye of which was trained on the little scene being enacted before them. “But, my dear!” said Ann Veronica’s aunt. ’ ‘Never mind the comtesse,’ adjured Prudence. In each corner stood a stout square post reaching to the ceiling. The last of Jarvis’s harlots must have departed in a hurry, for she had apparently left a roomful of clothes. “Very well,” said her father. "Fly, Captain—fly!" Aroused to a sense of the possibility of escape, Jack, who had viewed the deadly assault with savage satisfaction, burst from his captors and made for the door.
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