LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1899
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE DEVIL'S WALK | [1] |
| II. | CAPTAIN JACKMAN | [31] |
| III. | THE DINNER | [63] |
| IV. | THE PROPOSAL | [93] |
| V. | BUGSBY'S HOLE | [124] |
| VI. | FATHER AND DAUGHTER | [158] |
A TALE OF TWO TUNNELS
CHAPTER I. THE DEVIL'S WALK.
The ship Lovelace lay in the East India Docks, being newly arrived from an East India voyage. Her commander, Jackman, stood in her cabin and gazed in his glass; he looked at his face, and seemed to study it. There was a mark as of a blow close under the left eye, and he examined this mark with care.
He was a handsome man, with regular features and a dark brown skin. His eyes were black and flashing, and, contrary to the custom of that age, he wore his hair close cropped behind. Being satisfied, he picked up a bag, locked a drawer, quitted his cabin, withdrew the key, and left the ship.