about five
o'clock
He is a fugitive from justice , having a year ago escaped from the State Prison , where he had been sentenced for life , for an atrocious murder ; he had been reprieved from the gallows , thro ' the mistaken clemency of the Executive . He will now be returned to his old quarters , to fulfil his original sentence , and pass the remainder of his accursed life in imprisonment and exclusion from the world , in which he is not fit to dwell . ' Frank now took leave of the magistrate , and , accompanied by the young pickpocket , returned to his own residence . It was now about five o'clock , and growing quite dark ; a drizzly rain was falling intermingled with snow . Frank conducted the boy to his library , and having carefully closed and locked the door , said to him -- ' _ Kinchen _ , do n't you know me ? ' The boy started , and gazed earnestly at him for a few moments , and then shook his head . ` Wait here a short time , and I will return , ' said Frank , and he stepped into a closet adjoining the library , and shut the door .