 to
Job, merely saying -
    »Of course we expected this,« and went on with his writing.
    There was a true bill against James Wilson. Of course. And yet Job felt now
doubly anxious and sad. It seemed the beginning of the end. He had got, by
imperceptible degrees, to think Jem innocent. Little by little this persuasion
had come upon him.
    Mary (tossing about in the little boat on the broad river) did not come, nor
did Will.
    Job grew very restless. He longed to go and watch for them out of the
window, but feared to interrupt Mr. Bridgnorth. At length his desire to look out
was irresistible, and he got up and walked carefully and gently across the room,
his boots creaking at every cautious step. The gloom which had overspread the
sky, and the influence of which had been felt by Mary on the open water, was yet
more perceptible in the dark, dull street. Job grew more and more fidgety. He
was obliged to walk about the room, for he could not keep still; and he did so,
regardless of Mr. Bridgnorth's impatient little motions and noises, as the slow,
stealthy, creaking movements were heard, backwards and forwards, behind his
chair.
    He really liked Job, and was interested for Jem, else his nervousness would
have overcome his sympathy long before it did. But he could hold out no longer
against the monotonous, grating sound; so at last he threw down his pen, locked
his portfolio, and taking up his hat and gloves, he told Job he must go to the
courts.
    »But Will Wilson is not come,« said Job in dismay. »Just wait while I run to
his lodgings. I would have done it before, but I thought they'd be here every
minute, and I were afraid of missing them. I'll be back in no time.«
    »No, my good fellow, I really must go. Besides, I begin to think Johnson
must have made a mistake, and have fixed with this William Wilson to meet me at
the courts. If you like to wait for him here, pray make use of my room; but I've
a notion I shall find him there: in which case, I'll send him to your lodgings;
shall I? You know where to find me. I shall be here again by eight o'clock, and,
with the evidence of this witness that's to prove the alibi, I'll have the brief
drawn out
