Barnaby Rudge Chapter 44

In which a secretive and brooding Mr Gashford, nursing both bruises and bitterness, tracks two rough companions to a squalid lodging in the poor quarters where plans of a dark and violent nature begin to take shape. With a careful air of measured menace, he entrusts these fierce men with a ruthless commission, setting the stage for deeds of ruthless consequence beneath the cover of night.