Gianfrancesco had been talked into the arrangement only because the drivers that had handled the job for generations were sick or dead. Will you tell her that?" "I will," replied Thames, earnestly. Next to the receiver was a gang of housebreakers, laughing over their exploits, and planning fresh depredations; and next to the housebreakers came two gallant-looking gentlemen in long periwigs and riding-dresses, and equipped in all other respects for the road, with a roast fowl and a bottle of wine before them. "What say you to carrying her off, Captain?" suggested Blueskin.