"Well, since you force me to betray my master's secrets," replied Quilt, sullenly, "I've ridden express to Manchester to deliver a message to Sir Rowland. Certainly, there wasn't a thing in the pockets. CHAPTER XXVII His idea, cleverly planned, was to shatter her resistance, to confound her suddenly by striking her mind with words which would rob her coherent thought. But when she spoke her lips quivered, and they came. The race began once more; but this time Ruth knew that there would be no escape. "Read that," rejoined Austin, pointing to the placard. The vestry was perhaps the only room in the place, except her allotted curtained off portion of the dormitory chamber that served for her cell—and she could not scandalise the nuns by having a man in there, be he never so much a servant—where Melusine could be sure of privacy. It was a refusal of expediency, he said, and not an absolute refusal. She kicked him in the shin, trying to knock him off his feet. Out of the beaten track, far from the trails of men! He relaxed. Of late, he has become the instrument of Walpole, and does all the dirty work for the Secret Committee.
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