fellow-thieves

Updated: July 21, 2025

And that is one reason why I warn you at once that, as far as the necklace is concerned, it will do you no good to build any hopes on the supposition that we are fellow-thieves, and that I am likely either to part with it, or, through gratitude, share it. In spite of appearances last night, I was not a thief." "And to-night, Miss Gray in spite of appearances?" he challenged.

Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard - The White Moll

Tom went into the back room and soon came out with a letter which read as follows: TRACK'S END, December 16. TO D. PIKE AND FELLOW-THIEVES, You will never get one cent out of this town. If any of you come within range you will be shot on sight. We are well armed, and can carry out our share of this offer. "I guess that will do," said Tom.

Hayden Carruth - Track's End: Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full

On stopping at Blois, "he passes the night in an orgy with his brothers and friends," fellow-thieves and murderers as above described.

Hippolyte Taine - The French Revolution - Volume 3