"That's all very well," responded the stubborn creature; "nobody is
guilty who comes here; they can every one prove innocence clearly and
at once. Notwithstanding, they nearly all hang, and frequently, for
variety's sake, are drawn and quartered."
I waited about Newgate until nine o'clock, and as I passed out met
Buckingham and his man Johnson, a sort of lawyer-knight, going in. I
went down to the palace at Greenwich, and finding that the girls were
still at Scotland Palace, rode over at once to see them.
Upon getting Mary and Jane to myself, I told them of Brandon's arrest
on the charge of murder, and of his condition, lying half dead from
wounds and loss of blood, in that frightful dungeon. The tale moved
them greatly, and they both gave way to tears. I think Mary had heard
of the arrest before, as she did not seem surprised.
"Do you think he will tell the cause of the killing?" she asked.
"I know he will not," I answered; "but I also know that he knows you
will," and I looked straight into her face.
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