And see!" he added, as the figures drew back, and the lights disappeared; "it's a false alarm. The washerwoman reported that she had seen a man one day riding out for an early morning hunt, but was unsure of his identity. " CHAPTER VI. We've got to make him take up the harp of life and go twanging it again. Ascending the stairs, and conducting them along a sombre gallery, in which Trenchard noticed that every door was painted black, and numbered, he stopped at the entrance of a chamber; and, selecting a key from the bunch at his girdle, unlocked it. ” The two congregated instantly. “I do not know whether to wish you success or not. Always. Dorling said deferentially. ” She passed out without reply. . His breakfast despatched, which he ate with a wolfish appetite, he walked over to Newgate, chuckling as he went at the consternation which his appearance would create amongst the turnkeys. Feeling rather exhausted, it occurred to him that possibly some provisions might have been left by the constable; and, looking about, he perceived a pitcher of water and a small brown loaf on the floor. Wood," cried David, pouring out a glass of the spirit, and offering it to the carpenter, "that'll warm the cockles of your heart.