Wild was formerly an agent to
the Jacobite party, but, on the offer of a bribe from the opposite faction, he
unhesitatingly deserted and betrayed his old employers. Once inside, he looked around, worried that
his parents would suddenly cancel their trip and return
home. ’
‘I imagine it must be a relief to you, after so lucky an escape. "There is another mystery I would have solved," said Trenchard, addressing
Wild; "you have told me much, but not enough. Deserted by his older companion in iniquity, and instigator to
crime, he did not know what might become of him; nor, as we have observed,
was the sad spectacle he had just witnessed, without effect. "No, I don't. But I was sorry for poor Jack—as I
am still, and hoped he would mend. "The gen'l'man'll be here directly. Does it?”
“I think it does. As this seemed insufficient, after a lapse of five
minutes, he added another hundred weight. “In the event of his death we
should require you at once to attend at the inquest. "
Quitting the night-cellar, the trio soon arrived at the riverside.
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