He would get it. That was his resolve as he walked in by the apple-woman's stall, under the shadow of the great policeman, and between the two august lamps. He would get it;--as long as Alice had a pound over which he could obtain mastery by any act or violence within his compass. He would get it; even though it should come through the hands of John Grey and Mr. Tombe. He would get it; though in doing so he might destroy his cousin Alice and ruin his sister Kate. He had gone too far to stick at any scruples. Had he not often declared how great had been that murderer who had been able to divest himself of all such scruples,--who had scoured his bosom free from all fears of the hereafter, and, as regarded the present, had dared to trust for everything to success? He would go to Alice and demand the money from her with threats, and with that violence in his eyes which he knew so well how to assume. He believed that when he so demanded it, the money would be forthcoming so as to satisfy, at any rate, his present emergencies.

He would get it. That was his resolve as he walked into Westminster between the two august lamps. He would get it; as long as Alice had a pound, he would get it, even if it came through John Grey's hands - and even if it might destroy his cousin Alice and ruin his sister Kate. He had gone too far to stick at any scruples. He would go to Alice and demand the money from her with threats, and with that violence in his eyes which he knew so well how to assume.
