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`` So I have , '' replied Hogarth , glancing at Sheppard . `` I can do without it , '' muttered Jack . The door was then locked , and he was left alone . At three o'clock , on the same day , Austin brought up Jack 's provisions , and , after carefully examining his fetters , and finding all secure , told him if he wanted anything further he must mention it , as he should not be able to return in the evening , his presence being required elsewhere . Jack replied in the negative , and it required all his mastery over himself to prevent the satisfaction which this announcement afforded him from being noticed by the jailer . With the usual precautions , Austin then departed . `` And now , '' cried Jack , leaping up , `` for an achievement , compared with which all I have yet done shall be as nothing ! ''