Crown-Harden (Paperback)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1873 Original Publisher: Hurst and Blackett Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 20 CHAPTER III. T) OSAMOND persuaded Cecil to remain quietly in the tower the following day, where he was perfectly safe during the absence of Orlando Henshawe and Stephen Granville, but either might return at any moment. She would not be able to see Mr. Henshawe senior till the next morning, when he had promised to call and let her know the proceedings of the young men. Old Mr. Henshawe would not have moved his little finger to stay the course of justice, were it his own son who was in danger, yet he had no desire to see youngConway, who had already suffered deeply, consigned to a prison. He never asked himself the question whether Cecil was guilty or innocent. That must be decided in a court of justice, and he would not dream of acting in so unlawyer-like a manner as to prejudge a case which would come before a competent tribunal. He well knew that if Rosamond could assist him to escape, she would; if she had any knowledge of his whereabouts, it was no business of his, and if it suited her to know the movements of his pursuers, there was no law that prevented his informing her. If Cecil were in his power, no entreaties or expostulations would avail, he would give him up without fail; at the same time he infinitely preferred his being kept out of the way, nor did he consider himself bound to take any active measures to find him. Rosamond knew all this as well as if it had been explained to her in words, therefore though she used every precaution to hide from him the place of her cousin's concealment, she felt little fear of his detecting it. Old Benson i...