In Sight of St. Paul's — page 169: what you’re looking at

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164 AILEEN FALLS INTO THE TRAP, what. There’s only one link missing, and they may find it.” ‘“He is innocent !”’ ‘“Very likely,’’ replied Treacher, dryly, and ina manner that was anything but encouraging. ‘‘But the innocent are hanged sometimes, indeed fre- quently.’’ : The color died out of Aileen’s cheeks, and a sup- pressed cry of horror broke from her lips. ‘“Now, if the worst comes to the worst,’’ con- tinued Treacher, ‘‘his safety rests in two people’s hands.’ ‘“Tell me—whose? I beg! I pray |”? “Yours and mine!’’ ‘Yours and mine ?”’ “Exactly! Look here!’’ with a change of manner, and as if taking a sudden resolution, ‘‘I’l] beat about the bush no longer. I didn’t come to see Tom Chi- chester. I came to see you. The question is, will you save him ?’’ Would she save him? She would give the last drop of her blood for Tom! But somehow she did not wholly trust this man, and so she hesitated. ‘What do you want me to do?’’ she asked, after a moment’s silence. “To keep him from a prison certainly, from the gallows perhaps,’’ replied Treacher, impressively. “Come with me. I’ll bring you face to face with Ecomichbooks.Gco m