"
"But your uncle?" said Betty, much fearing that such a scene might
have led to his being forgotten.
"I should have told you. We had not made many steps from hence before
we met poor Jumbo wandering like a dog that had lost his master. Mr.
Belamour had taken the precaution of giving Jumbo the pass-key, and
not taking him into that house (some day I will pull every brick of
it down), so he watched till by and by he saw a coach come out with
all the windows closed, and as his master had bidden him in such a
case, he kept along on the pavement near, and never lost sight of it
till he had tracked it right across the City to a house with iron-
barred windows inside a high wall. There it went in, and he could
not follow, but he asked the people what place it was, and though
they jeered at him, he made out that it was as we feared. Nay, do
not be alarmed, sister, he will soon be with us. My poor father
shut me out, and I know not what passed with my mother, but just as
I could wait no longer to return to my dearest, he came out and told
me that he had found out that my uncle was in a house at Moorfields,
and he is gone himself to liberate him. He is himself a justice of
the peace, and he will call for Dr. Sandys by the way, that there
may be no difficulty.
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