Gaoler

Examples

• Take care my gaoler hasn't got double duty to do--take care your room is not a prison too. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There was but a gaoler left, along with two of the four men who had taken him last night, and Barsad. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I mount to the cell, with a fellow-citizen who is one of the Jury, directed by a gaoler. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But I hope, said the gentleman, following the chief gaoler with his eyes, who moved across the room, that you are not in secret? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In secret, too, grumbled the gaoler, looking at the written paper. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They had been treating their guard, I suppose, for they had a gaoler with them, and all three came out wiping their mouths on their hands. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Am I to understand, Sir Percival, that your wife's room is a prison, and that your housemaid is the gaoler who keeps it? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• What the unknown prisoner had written will never be read, but he had written something, and hidden it away to keep it from the gaoler. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A gaoler, with a list in his hand, looked in, merely saying, Follow me, Evremonde! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The standard gaoler-joke was, Come out and listen to the Evening Paper, you inside there! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• You are not the gaoler's daughter? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Yours, said the gaoler. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The gaoler's wife, being provided with no answer to the question, merely replied, One must have patience, my dear! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When the gaoler was gone, he thought in the same wandering way, Now am I left, as if I were dead. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Sheep was a cant word of the time for a spy, under the gaolers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Two gaolers, who had been standing there, went out, and the prisoner was brought in, and put to the bar. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Their lists went forth every evening, and were read out by the gaolers of the various prisons to their prisoners. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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