When he faced Spurlock, the granite was cracked and rived; never had Spurlock seen such dumb agony in human eyes. Dismissing the post-chaise at the Old Bailey, he walked to Newgate to ascertain what had occurred since the escape. "The door!—the door!—death!" he added, as he tried the handle, "it is locked—and I am unarmed. The service began. Probably she mistook you; probably she thought you cared. Regardless of the risk he incurred from some heavy stone dropping on his head or feet,—regardless also of the noise made by the falling rubbish, and of the imminent danger which he consequently ran of being interrupted by some of the jailers, should the sound reach their ears, he continued to pull down large masses of the wall, which he flung upon the floor of the cell. In a fit of despondency, superinduced by drunkenness, he made away with himself; and when the body was discovered, after a lapse of some months, such was the impression produced by the spectacle —such the alarm occasioned by the crazy state of the building, and, above all, by the terror inspired by strange and unearthly noises heard during the night, which were, of course, attributed to the spirit of the suicide, that the place speedily enjoyed the reputation of being haunted, and was, consequently, entirely abandoned. It had been very peaceful in the little cave for countless years.
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