Whitefriars, Or, the Days of Charles the Second : An Historical Romance 2
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" Yon- der is the main-guard — be silent or — or — " " 111 throttle him if he but breathes ;" muttered Hmit. " Leave me, then, leave me here, monster!" said Mervyn, wildly, " I v/ill not a step beyond ! This is the Bloody Tower; I will die here !" As he spoke the voice of young Edwards, at the highest pitch of his stormy tone, was heard on Tower- hill, yelling *' Treason, treason ! the crown is stolen !" The door of the guard-room, wliich they were ap- proaching, opened, and an officer ran out,... asking what was the matter. Blood jogged Hmit's elbow, and both clutching the youth by his arms, scudded over the courtyard to the gate of the drawbridge, where a single sentinel was standing. But the alarm was now general, and the warder, suspecting some- thing wrong from their hurried manner, and hear- CHARLES THE SECOND. 249 ing the cry of " Stop tliem ! Stop thieves !" levelled his partisan at Blood's breast, who was the first of the group. The colonel instantly stepped forward, and discharged a pistol at his head, but he fell down, and so avoided the shot.
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