Blake from the wrath of these men, as from any requirements of the
situation I had assumed the disguise I then wore. I therefore did not
allow this mishap to greatly trouble me, unpleasant as it was at the
time, but, as soon as ever I could do so, rose from the floor and
throwing off my strange habiliments, proceeded to finish up to my
satisfaction, the work already so successfully begun.
CHAPTER XVIII
LOVE AND DUTY
Dismissing the men who had assisted us in the capture of these two
hardy villains, we ranged our prisoners before us.
"Now," said Mr. Gryce, "no fuss and no swearing; you are in for it,
and you might as well take it quietly as any other way."
"Give me a clutch on that girl, that's all," said her father, "Where
is she? Let me see her; every father has a right to see his own
daughter,"
"You shall see her," returned my superior, "but not till her husband
is here to protect her."
"Her husband? ah, you know about that do you?" growled the heavy voice
of the son. "A rich man they say he is and a proud one. Let him come
and look at us lying here like dogs and say how he will enjoy having
his wife's father and brother grinding away their lives in prison."
"Mr. Blake is coming," quoth Mr. Gryce, who by some preconcerted
signal from the window had drawn that gentleman across the street.
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