The String of Pearls (1850), p. 591

"Been hanged!" said Lupin.
Todd gave a shudder, which was a tolerably convincing proof of how fully he agreed to what Mr. Lupin said; and then they went into the Old Gate-House Tavern, at Highgate, where they had a very plentiful breakfast; and by getting into a corner of the room, in which they sat, they did not attract any observation beyond the mere casual regards of the visitors to the house.
Before they left though, Todd had the horror of hearing a great confusion of voices in the passage, and in a few moments one of the waiters came into the room, quite bursting with his news.
"Gentlemen," he said, "the notorious Todd, and a man named Lupin, who was a murderer likewise, have escaped from Newgate!"
"Escaped?" said Lupin. "You don't say so?"
"Dear me, when?" said Todd.
"Last night, gentlemen, last night; and coming—coming!"
The waiter was compelled to leave the room, as a bell rung violently. "Let us go," said Todd.
"Yes, I think, now that the news has reached here, it will be wise to do so."
"Come along, then."
Todd rose in a moment; but Lupin in a whisper strictly cautioned him not to show any symptoms of hurry or alarm; and he was so far master of himself to see the necessity of such a caution, so that they both got safely out cf the Gate-House Tavern, and took the route to Hampstead by Swains Lane, without having anything said to them.
"This is an escape indeed," said Todd.
"Yes," said Lupin, "you may depend that in a very little time there will be some officers at the Gate-House; but if we can get to the wood within the next half hour, I think we are safe enough. What do you think?"
"I think that if our safety depends upon getting into Caen Wood in half-an-hour, we ought to be there in half the time.''
"Do you? Then come on for a run."
"Oh, dear," said Todd. "I am all aches and pains, and not at all fit for running; but I suppose I must. Don't go very fast, Mr. Lupin, or I shall never be able to keep up with you."
"Then you go first and run as fast as you can without greatly distressing yourself, and I will adopt my speed to yours."
"That will be better," said Todd.
Off they both set down Swains Lane, and as the first part of that well-known thoroughfare from Highgate to Hampstead goes down hill, they got on speedily with very little exertion; but when the foot of the little slope was reached it was
quite another thing, and Todd was fast subsiding into a walk, when Lupin cried
to him—
"We are pursued!"
At these words, Todd fell flat in the roadway.
"Up—up!" said Lupin, "there is a turn in the lane just ahead of us, and when we reach that we must get over the hedge and hide. I don't know that they are actually after us, but there are horsemen in the lane coming from Highgate."
Todd got up as far as his hands and knees, and then, as his ears were close to
the ground, he said—
"We are lost, for I can hear horsemen coming from the other direction too."
"The deuce you can!"
Mr. Lupin stooped to listen, and in a moment he was assured of the fact. He seized Mr. Todd by the collar, saying—
"Now, Todd, if you want to escape, rouse yourself and follow me; but if you don't care about it, say so at once, and I will look after my own safety."
"Care about it V 9 cried Todd, " what else do you suppose I care about in all the world?"
"Come on, then."