Sir John found this out, and bribed a hostler at the Maypole Inn tospy for him and prevent, if he could, these letters passing.
But some one else was there, too, hidden behind a pillar, where he could hear every word she said, and this listener was a spy of Fagin's.
Barsad (who, as it happened, was now a turnkey in the very prison where Darnay was confined) had left London to become a spy in France, first on the side of the king and then on the side of the people.
He had hired a dishonest spy known as Barsad, who swore he had found papers in Darnay's trunk that proved his guilt, and, as Darnay had been often back and forth to France on family matters, the case looked dark for him.
The spy lay hid till he had heard all Nancy said; then he slipped out and ran as fast as his legs would carry him back to Fagin.
Having got thus far, Tigg hired a spy named Nadgett to see if he could discover whether Jonas had ever committed any crime, the knowledge of which would put him in their power.
This is observed through the mica spy hole in the door and the one above tells when the flame is reaching its maximum.
As the colour dies the clamming, if any, may be knocked away, and later on the spyplugs removed.
A small spy at one corner closed with a piece of biscuit gave some idea of the progress of the firing.
Trials are always useful but they must be small and easily hooked out, as constant poking about at the spy hole lowers the temperature of the muffle at the front, just where it is most difficult to get it up.
At the end of the first half hour the bottom spy hole is plugged and when all steam has stopped issuing from the top vent, that is stopped also and the whole clammed, leaving just a small crack as vent.
They are usually fitted with two large burners, with air mixers, and a handy mica spy hole.
An ideal muffle of this kind would be one with flues all round, gradual access of flame on all sides, spy holes each end, and the top to lift off, for placing.
That woman is too bold and too clever to be treated like an ordinary servant--I incline to believe that she is a spy in the employment of your wife.
Even a spy is not beneath the universal reach of the heartache.
Take my word for it," the doctor concluded, "there are all the materials for a spy in Fanny Mere.
Oh, he should be Head Spy and Prime Minister that feller.
What makes thisSpy System to England wuss, is that these eaves-droppers are obliged to hear all that's said, or lose what commission they hold; at least so folks tell me.
By natur, there is sunthin' noble and manly in a Britisher, and always was, till this cussedSpy System got into fashion.
You are a spy in the service of the enemies of the State; an unconvicted murderer--" He bent his eyes upon the prisoner with a piercing gaze, to watch the effect of this accusation.
Ex-gambler, and now spy in the pay of the Russians.
Why, only the other day a Russian spy walked coolly through our second parallel," said a French officer, "and counted the number of the guns.
Whether you are spy or traitor matters little: your life is forfeited.
But the worst of it is, that when I could spy his gun, he saw mine, and we fired together, with the shade of preference to the stranger.
One, however, about four or five feet up, offered a capital spy hole.
The captain will have his work cut out with two women leagued against him and a spy in the garrison, I promise you.
Because," replied the other, "it was too dark to see the trail, and he must tell whether he is alone or the spy of a band.
That this was a spyof the gold grabbers was clear to Bill.
Paul, who could be heard descending in the brushwood, "So I have served out my spy this time.
Its opening and that of his shed faced, so that he could spyinto it, protected himself by the complete darkness in which he was lodged.
Rather a spy whom the odious captain thinks to plant in your confidence," returned Leon, with jealousy and doubt.
The spy preserved the same relative distance between them, and followed: with his eye upon her.
I heard you talk of something in the spy way upon the others, my dear,' said Fagin.
If I could spy her taper as she went to bed, I might count myself lucky.
The spy and the hangman, sir--the spy and the hangman!
On my part, I had been little more conciliating; and yet I began to be sorry for this man, hired spy as I knew him to be.
On the north side of St. James' Square I was so happy as to spy a bill in a third-floor window.
Though I cannot conceive a soldier refusing to incur the risk, yet to be hanged for a spy is a disgusting business; and I was relieved to be held a prisoner of war.
At length I grew completely tired of this kind of life; and so I gave the little spy the slip one fine evening.
And then the little girl that followed me about was a spywith wits as sharp as needles.
I could not make out the reply he got; but after a while he said distinctly, so as to be heard below: "I give up that spy to you.
Tarzan wondered how the German spy felt in this situation, especially when she must know that there was one there who knew her real status.
It was beyond him to conceive that a British officer should thus laconically speak of an enemy spy whom he had had within his power and permitted to escape.
Lieutenant Harold Percy Smith-Oldwick Tarzan had liked, but the woman whom he had known as a German spy he had hated, though he never had found it in his heart to slay her as he had sworn to slay all Huns.
He was in no mood to lie there forever, especially when he contemplated the fact that the girl spy who had tried to brain him was undoubtedly escaping as rapidly as possible.
What was she but a hated German and a spy besides?
You are a spy and spies must die if they are caught.
This officer had been arrested as a spy near Fort Stanwix during the siege, and had been condemned to death, but had been reprieved, and had escaped from custody.
The just fate of the spy and betrayer was the same, except that Judas was his own executioner.
Howe's record appears in A Journal kept by Mr. John Howe, while he was employed as a British Spy during the Revolutionary War; also while he was engaged in the smuggling business during the late war.
The fellow admitted being a Royalist spy employed in carrying messages between General Canterac and Montilla.
The incident of the spy should have removed any lingering doubt as to his fidelity, but it did not.
He had been placed in the fort both as a spy on the garrison and to assist comrades if at any time they endeavoured to capture the stronghold by way of the secret passage.
Is that your idea of patriotism, to let a spy get away right under our very noses?
I remembered Will's special interest in the spy the first time we met Adolph Hensler on Pine Island--then how, soon after we saw him here again, Will wrote Grace that he was coming on.
A moment later he returned with the latter, and the whole party made its way hurriedly and stealthily in a roundabout direction, which would almost certainly intercept the spy--if spy he were.
I never heard of a spy that didn't," returned Betty grimly.
