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Updated: August 20, 2026

The occurrence naturally caused him to cast back his thoughts to that other trick-the locking him into the cloisters, in which Jenkins had been a fellow-victim and he doubled his fists in impotent anger. "This comes of their not having been flogged for that!" he groaned. Engaged in these reflections of gall and bitterness, old Ketch gained his lodge, unlocked it, and entered.

Mrs. Henry Wood - The Channings