Upon the unfortunate gentleman, now committed to an irksome and most apprehensive1 solitude2, fell a score of little demons3 of melancholy4 and alarm. To men of his fibre there is no chastening so bitter as confinement5; and though with the master-rogue he had borne himself like the spirited knight6 of destiny he was, no sooner was he left alone than he found his indignation subordinated to reflections that were distracting to the last degree.
What would his companions think had become of him? and, failing his return, would they follow in his tracks and fall into that selfsame snare7?
Was Miss Royston, with her lordling cavalier, even now established a prisoner in his house? or had she failed to respond to her brother’s invitation?
Who was it that had shut “Delsrop” against the besieging8 rascals9? and would his household, deprived of its legitimate11 head and in ignorance as to his fate, exhibit the nerve to conduct and sustain an effective resistance?
What member of his personnel had been shot that morning? A man, it appeared. Then, if not Dunlone——
He ran over in his mind the names of those in his service—two grooms12, one of them a mere13 boy, and the imported Jim. These, with Betty, Darda, possibly Angela, and three maids, were the sum total of the defenders14. Half-a-dozen girls, two men and a boy; and one of the latter already accounted for.
He groaned15, and set to tramping to and fro like a wild, caged beast. His impotence, the impossibility of resolving any one of these problems that tortured him, set his brain reeling. His hands had been corded behind him so tightly that the flesh swelled16 and lapped over the knots. Yet it was not his personal discomfort17 that chiefly perturbed18 him, or any apprehension19 of the force of coercion20 his captors would be brutal21 enough to employ. That he was condemned22, in the midst of a stirring episode in his career, to a pitiful inaction, was what galled23 him like a rowel.
Almost simultaneously24 with his interlocutor’s withdrawal25 from the room, a sentry26, of a villainous cast, had made his appearance outside the window, where he took his stand, flint-lock on shoulder. Another (by token of his hard breathing and the intermittent27 click of a hammer against his coat-buttons as he shifted his position from time to time) was stationed outside the door.
From the room opposite came fitfully the sound of voices in low discussion. The fire upon the hearth28 died upon itself and consigned29 the stark30 little room to a perfect apathy31 of chilliness32. Frost gathered on the diamonds of the casement33 and turned the stolid34 sentry into a phantom35 of himself. And still the dull hours sped onwards and not a soul came to lighten his depression.
He had long before drawn36 the marrow37, in his monotonous38 tramp hither and thither39, from every object of slightest interest that the small ruined chamber40 could boast. Here was the crazed girl’s museum, arranged on worm-eaten shelves—a medley41 of grotesque42 rubbish that superstition43 had thought fit to respect. It was a gruesome litter—skins, stones, and petrified44 vegetables; and he had cursed his own high precipitancy over the thought of how a little forbearance on his part might have saved to the collection its most notable item, and so rendered nugatory45 all the present evil that encompassed46 him.
Once he had stooped to examine a certain object amongst the trash—a round pebble47 that seemed familiar to him. It was the scrawled48 stone that had been slung49 through a window for Dennis’s behoof, and he peered at it with an emotion commingled50 of curiosity and remorse51. So Darda it was had secured the treasure—to her, no doubt, a veritable message from the shadows. And had the rascal10 that threw it recognized his handiwork amongst these other fetishes and chuckled52 to see it reserved for such high distinction? It was probable enough, for the room bore signs of late occupation by some very rough company. Gnawed53 crusts, onion-skins, tobacco-ashes lay scattered54 about the hearth. In one corner was a litter of twigs55 and broken branches, hastily collected, it would appear, for fire-wood, and cast down beside them was an old canvas-bag, striped pink and drab, that had been stuffed with dead leaves for fuel. In another a greasy56 gridiron and a dinted tin pannikin or so were evidence of a certain commissariat foresight57 on the part of the besiegers; while an empty rundlet, thrown aside like a discharged cartridge-case, was earnest of that species of baggage without which no knight of fortune can be brought to take the road.
Each and all of these objects the prisoner dwelt upon, and passed by, and reviewed again and again, till his brain learnt to loathe58 their inevitability59 at the turning-points of his wearisome sentry-go. And still the icy hours closed upon themselves and no soul came near him.
By and by, as an acute accent to his long trial of cold and anxiety, extreme hunger asserted itself the overpowering sensation. He had not touched food then for more than thirty hours, and his frame had been submitted during the whole of that time to severe and exhausting experiences. When at last, from thoughts otherwise preoccupying60, he woke to an amazed realization61 of the fact that he was being starved into submission62, he strode to the door and kicked at the panels in an excess of furious indignation. To the very thundering noise of his onset63 a low voice across the passage returned like an echo.
“Rudland, if the prisoner shows himself outside, shoot him at once.”
“You hound!” he shouted at that—“bring me food! d’ye hear? bring me food, or I’ll burn the house down!”
A little answer of laughter was clipt in the bud. The threat was to be considered. A moment later Brander’s step crossed the passage, and the man himself entered the room. His eye sought the fire-place, found its relief in the dead coldness there, and came back with a twinkle of mockery to the prisoner.
“You are hungry?” he said.
“What would you suppose, fellow?”
“That you are, of course. ’Tis a pitiful sensation. I’ve suffered it, believe me.”
“D’you think to starve me into tameness?”
“What!—a high-spirited gentleman like you? I believe—as I have advised elsewhere—that far more caustic64 measures will be necessary to prevail with you. Still, hunger is a very good ground-bait to precede the angler and his hook.”
“And you think to subdue65 me by such means? ’Tis a protecting clause of humanity that scoundrels cut their cloth according to the measure of their own cowardice66.”
“According to the features of their hostages, by your leave, sir.”
“I’m not going to ask you what you mean.”
“You shall have the explanation gratis67. You’ve twitted me, vulgarly enough on the loss of these——”
He signified with a fierce gesture his flapless earholes.
“You’ll find they left me my teeth, by God—my teeth and my nails.”
He almost shouted—“You shall grow a love-lock—you shall grow a love-lock, sir, to hide the place that your lady mayn’t know when she whispers there!”
“What! are you going to cut off my ears?”
“Aye, you may grin your fill. You’ll grin to suffer that on an empty belly69. You shall feel the hook before we land you, and grin like a sole!”
“Mutilation!” said he. “Beware what you say, fellow.”
“’Tis what we’ll do, man. We’ll lop your fine heroics toe by toe, till there remain nought71 but stumps72 to foot it on. Why—d’ye suppose we’ve pushed the matter so far to shrink at a shadow? I give you warning. We’ve neither time nor mood for palaver73. To-night you shall have for reflection—the devils of cold and hunger to counsel you; and so be you’re in a like frame of obstinacy74 after that test to-morrow you shall be pruned75 for token to your friends over there, and again and yet again till you or they are convinced of the wisdom of an exchange. I’ve learnt the right art of clipping in Calabria, sir, and will shave you that ’twill be a pleasure to you to feel the razor.”
He stopped, with a dark and malignant76 look on his face—backed a step, opened the door and disappeared.
For a minute after his exit Tuke stood too astounded77 for speech or action. That here, on his own land, in the heart of orderly England, he should be held by blackguard outlaws78 for ransom79, and menaced with outrage80 like any victim of continental81 brigandage82, seemed too preposterous83 for belief. Coming to his senses, in a paroxysm of rage he flung himself against the door and hurled84 curses on his invisible enemies till he was hoarse85. Not a murmur86 in response was vouchsafed87 him. Spent and agitated88, though still boiling with anger, he resumed his monotonous tramp to and fro, till, utterly89 worn out, he let himself drop upon a heap of sticks, and, leaning his shoulder against the wall-corner, fell into a sort of stupor90 of exhaustion91.
Night closed upon him lying thus—a night of sleeplessness92 and torture. His furious struggles to release his hands had only riveted93 their bonds the closer, and his inflamed94 and swollen95 wrists gave him exquisite96 anguish97. The position of his arms was one long cramping98 torment99. The worm of hunger writhed100 in his vitals, while fever glowed in the marrow of his bones; and all the long dark through, the bitter frost smote101 his limbs into numbness102 and seemed to hammer at his heart.
Now and again to his deadened senses would come a little appeal like a memory—the smell of roasting meat, the crackle of a fire, the sound of reckless voices passing discordant103 toasts. He only connected these with the processes of a conscious delirium104, and was concerned simply that they would not cease and leave him to his miserable105 loneliness.
Sometimes, in lucid106 intervals107, as it seemed, and that before the rising tide of darkness had drowned the last glimmering108 streaks109 of light, he would find himself on his feet insanely inspired for the twentieth time to break his prison by one swift and silent effort; and there always, a blurred110 phantom outside the window, was the inexorable presentment of the guard.
No least balm of sleep could he woo to his aching eyelids111; only presently, into his other sufferings was dropped that keystone of anguish, a raging thirst.
Racked, body and mind, burnt and frozen and twisted, he fell at last into a torpor112 of the senses that must do duty for rest, and so triumphed over the hours and was aware all at once of daylight in the room. The very sight was life. A haggard ghost of himself, he scrambled113 painfully to his feet, and, lurching to the window, stood drinking in the weak wine of sunlight.
Suddenly it came to him that the sentry was withdrawn114. A wild hope tingled115 in his veins116, only to as swiftly die away. These dogs could take the right measure of cruelty. Yesterday, bound as he was, it would have needed all his vigour117 and resourcefulness to escape by way of that little aperture118; now, weakened and nerveless, he must find the task impossible. And, even while assuring himself on this point, he heard the room-door opened, and, turning, saw a stealthy face look in, take stock of him, and vanish.
Presently, finding a little of the spirit of strength and defiance119 returning to him, he set to tramping the room again, feebly at first, but by and by with an increase of vigour. For an hour he may have walked, when, without forespeech or warning, the door was flung open and there quickly entered Fern and Brander, who shut themselves in and stood by the threshold, facing the prisoner.
Both men were braced120 and accoutred as if for some immediate121 business of violence. Into belts drawn about their waists were stuck murderous-looking knives; pistol-butts stood from their skirt-pockets, and each had a flint-lock slung across his shoulders. For the rest they were the suave122 and the brutal, and a couple of as soulless ruffians as ever fouled123 the sunlight.
“We would ask your decision, Mr. Tuke,” he said.
The gentleman, his eyes blazing contempt, had paused opposite the two, as if he questioned a very daring intrusion.
“What do you want of me?” said he.
“I have no such ruby in my possession.”
“Tut, sir, tut; the prevarication127 is unworthy of you. Let us say, then, the skull128 that contains it.”
“The skull!”
“Mr. Tuke, Mr. Tuke, this will not serve your purpose. We have direct evidence of the truth, sir, and that from more than one source.”
“You have, have you?”
“—And I am free to advise you, sir, to refrain for the future from discussing with your friends such very private affairs on the public road.”
To the unfortunate prisoner all in a moment came a clap of revelation.
“We were overheard?”
“Ah-ha! You give yourself away.”
“There was more said—and ’twas that evening the ‘First Inn’ was fired.”
Some conscious sign passed between the rogues129 at his words. Tuke sprang at them, actually gnashing his teeth.
“I guessed it, you foul-blooded dogs! and may God burn your hearts for that wanton ruin of a poor maid!”
They had seized him and forced him back struggling and helpless. The beast was awake in Fern. His eyes opened bloodshot, his lip was lifted; he snapped out his knife and held it like a butcher.
“You Jack-a-dandy!” he screamed in a woman’s voice—“for a word I’d rip you like a pig!”
He stamped on the floor.
“Take your choice, or go piecemeal130 to hell. An ear and a nose and a lip for the stone, and if they don’t serve, every member of your cursed carcass for token to the fat wench I gave you for mistress.”
Tuke wrenched131 himself free, and, butting132 with his shoulder, flung himself at the scoundrel with all his force. He felt himself spun133 round—a fiery134 tooth crossed his wrist, and he stumbled and went his length on the floor. Looking up as he lay, momentarily expecting to feel the deadlier plunge135 of the blade that had already slashed136 at him, he saw to his surprise Fern raving137 and struggling in the grasp of his more powerful fellow-rogue.
“Let go!” he was shrieking—“you fool, d’you think to baulk me in my blood-lust!”
“Yes!” cried Brander fiercely. “You kill the goose—you kill the goose, you madman! Come out—by God, you shall! I’ve another test to propose!”
His own face was white with fury as he held back the dribbling138 and snarling139 animal, and had his better strength failed to master it, it is likely he would have driven his knife into the swollen throat under him. But he prevailed in a moment, and dragged the other in a patter of curses from the room.
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stupor
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exhaustion
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anguish
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cramping
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numbness
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miserable
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defiance
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ruby
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rogues
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