i told the young lady of before you were not suspected of holding any communication with any body on the subject which has brought us here to night i hope asked the old gentleman no replied the girl shaking her head it s not easy for me to leave him unless he knows why i couldn t have seen the lady when i did but that i gave him a drink of before i came away did he awake before you returned rejoined the gentleman no and neither he nor any of them suspect me good said the gentleman now listen to me i am ready replied the girl as he paused for a moment this young lady the gentleman began has communicated to me and some other friends who can be safely trusted what you told her nearly a fortnight since i confess to you that i had doubts at first whether you were to be relied upon but now i firmly believe you are i am said the girl earnestly i repeat that believe it to prove to you that i am disposed to trust you i tell you without reserve that we purpose to the secret whatever it may be from the fears of this man bu if � said the gentleman he i s � � t and secured he cannot be acted upon as we wish you most deliver up the jew cried the girl that man must be delivered up by you said the gentleman i will not do it � i will never do it replied the girl devil that he is and worse than devil as he has been to me j will never do that you will not said the gentleman who seemed fully prepared for this answer never returned the girl tell me why for one reason rejoined the girl firmly for one reason that the lady knows and will stand by me in � i know she will for i have her promise and for this other reason besides that bad life as he has led i have led a bad life too there are many of us who have kept the same courses together and i ll not turn upon them who might any of them have turned upon me but didn t bad as they are then said the gentleman quickly as if this had been the point he had been to attain put into my hands and leave me to deal with him what if he turns against the others � i promise you in that case if the truth is forced from him there the matter will rest there must be in i bu t it would be � the jew painful to drag before the public eye and if the truth is once they will go free and if it is suggested the girl then pursued the gentleman this jew shall not be brought to justice without your consent in such a case i could show you reasons i think which would induce you to yield it have i the lady s promise for that asked the eagerly you have replied my true and faithful pledge � would never learn how you knew what you do said the girl after a short pause never replied the gentleman the intelligence should be so brought to bear upon him that he could never even guess i have been a liar and among from a little child said the girl another interval of silence but i will take your words after receiving an assurance from both that she might safely do so she proceeded in a voice so low that it was often difficult for the listener to discover even the purport of what she said to describe by name and situation the public house where they must watch for from the manner in which she occasionally paused it appeared as if the gentleman were making some hasty notes of the information she communicated when she and had thoroughly explained the of the the best position from which to watch it observation and the night and hour on which was most in the habit of it she seemed to consider a few moments for the purpose of recalling his features and appearance more forcibly to her recollection he is tall said the girl and a strongly made man but not stout he has a lurking walk and as he walks constantly looks over his shoulder first on one side and then on the other don t forget that for his eyes are sunk in his head so much deeper than any other man s that you might almost tell him by this alone his ce is dark like his hair and eyes but although he can t be more than six or eight and twenty withered and haggard his lips are often and with the marks of teeth for he has desperate fits and sometimes even his hands and covers them with wounds � why did you start v said the girl stopping suddenly the gentleman replied in a hurried manner that he was not conscious of having done so and be ed her to proceed part of this said the girl i ve drawn out from other people at the house i tell you of for i have only seen him twice and both times he was covered up in a large i think that s all i can give you to know � by st y though she added upon his throat so the jew high that you can see a part of it below his when he turns his oe there is a broad red mark like a bum or cried the gentleman how s this cried the girl you know him the young lady uttered a cry of extreme surprise and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe i think i do said the 