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Of course he alluded to Peace, from whose blow he was still smarting. Indeed, one of his eyes was blackened, although probably he was not aware of this at present.
The policeman, after a few more words of warning, left the two women and Bristow to settle their differences as best they could.
Soon after this Bristow went to bed, and in a few minutes was sleeping soundly.
The house was quiet for the remainder of the night.
CHAPTER X.
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PEACE HASTENS UP TO LONDON—CUNNING ISAAC—THE JEW “FENCE”—THE VISIT TO SHEFFIELD.
The words that had fallen from Bristow could not be forgotten by Peace, who began to be seriously concerned.
He was quite unable in any way to account for the expressions made use of by the ruffian in the parlour.
From whence could he have obtained his information?
Had it been noised abroad that Peace was the man who effected an entrance into the warehouse, or had Cooney been in the town and split upon him?
Some mysterious agency had been at work.
Bristow could not have dreamt that he was a burglar. He was too besotted and stupid a man to divine it from anything he had seen.