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CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
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SHEDS NEW AND BRIGHTER LIGHT UPON THE VERY DARK PLACE; AND CONTAINS THE SEQUEL OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
The night had now come, when the old clerk was to be delivered over to his keepers. In the midst of his guilty distractions2, Jonas had not forgotten it.
It was a part of his guilty state of mind to remember it; for on his persistence3 in the scheme depended one of his precautions for his own safety. A hint, a word, from the old man, uttered at such a moment in attentive4 ears, might fire the train of suspicion, and destroy him. His watchfulness5 of every avenue by which the discovery of his guilt1 might be approached, sharpened with his sense of the danger by which he was encompassed7. With murder on his soul, and its innumerable alarms and terrors dragging at him night and day, he would have repeated the crime, if he had seen a path of safety stretching out beyond. It was in his punishment; it was in his guilty condition. The very deed which his fears rendered insupportable, his fears would have impelled8 him to commit again.
But keeping the old man close, according to his design, would serve his turn. His purpose was to escape, when the first alarm and wonder had subsided9; and when he could make the attempt without awakening10 instant suspicion. In the meanwhile these women would keep him quiet; and if the talking humour came upon him, would not be easily startled. He knew their trade.
Nor had he spoken idly when he said the old man should be gagged. He had resolved to ensure his silence; and he looked to the end, not the means. He had been rough and rude and cruel to the old man all his life; and violence was natural to his mind in connection with him. ‘He shall be gagged if he speaks, and
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advent
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joyful
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savage
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