shrugging
his
shoulders.
“Why, do
you mean
to say you
couldn’t
have done
it, if you
had
chosen?”
demanded
Monks,
sternly.
“Haven’t
you done
it, with
other
boys,
scores of
times? If
you had
had
patience
for a
twelvemonth,
at most,
couldn’t
you have
got him
convicted,
and sent
safely out
of the
kingdom;
perhaps
for life?”
“Whose
turn would
that have
served, my
dear?”
inquired
the Jew
humbly.
“Mine,”
replied
Monks.
“But not
mine,”
