restticket-of-leave

Updated: June 21, 2025

Before him was the man with the revolver, a genteeler outlaw than the restticket-of-leave man, who had been transported for forgery. "Shall I shoot him?" whispered this knave to Cutts. Cutts drew back the hesitating arm. "No; the noise! bludgeons safer."

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - What Will He Do with It? — Volume 10