The first of these, the Press Room, a dark close chamber, near Waterman's Hall, obtained its name from an immense wooden machine kept in it, with which such prisoners as refused to plead to their indictments were pressed to death—a species of inquisitorial torture not discontinued until so lately as the early part of the reign of George the Third, when it was abolished by an express statute. ’ A sudden thought brought a frown to her brow. Seconds went by, and the cannon fired just as Rhea descended upon Lucy. Before many minutes elapsed, he had picked a large hole in the plaster, which showered down in a cloud of dust; and breaking off several laths, caught hold of a beam, by which he held with one hand, until with the other he succeeded, not without some difficulty, in forcing out one of the tiles. He must win this man's confidence, even at the risk of being called mad. "But if you turn to the right when you reach the ground, and keep close to the Mint wall, you'll speedily arrive at White Cross Street; White Cross Street, if you turn again to the right, will bring you into Queen Street; Queen Street, bearing to the left, will conduct you to Deadman's Place; and Deadman's Place to the water-side, not fifty yards from Saint Saviour's stairs, where you're sure to get a boat. I snatched it up, pointed it blindly at him, and fired. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www. Wood grasped his companion's arm to attract his attention to this unexpected means of escape. "Buck up! While there's life there's hope. I need you every day. ‘Gabbling and muttering in a foreign tongue, that’s what I heard, sir,’ had declared the gap-toothed ancient, when he told them of the initial foray he had made, sneaking around the house in the dark. "My son," she murmured, wringing her hands piteously—, "my son the companion of thieves! My son in Jonathan Wild's power! It cannot be. " "And then to be taken thus, in these disgraceful bonds!" continued Jack, "to be held up as a sight for ever!" "Why, how else would you be taken?" exclaimed the jailer, with a coarse laugh.
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