Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng
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"He does."
"What does it mean?" "Brag." "Humph!" "Ah, you do not know him, sir, as well as I do." "Perhaps not; but it might just be possible that he is in league with some of his comrades outside." The governor smiled incredulously. "Impossible." "What if that scoundrel, Tomaso, of whom we were speaking, should be at work?" The prisoner's eyes glistened at this word. A slight flash of intelligence passed between the prisoner and the visitor. It was but momentary, and so slight as to be utterly unobserved by either the gaoler or the governor. "And if such could be the case, sir, what could he possibly do, eh? What on earth, that's what I ask." |
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