She had recourse to the torn off strip of petticoat again, and blowing her nose with an air of determination, sniffed back the tears. " "Lord bless us!" ejaculated Wood, "how shocking! No, I did not know that. He turned the wheel carefully as he touched her neck with the other, threading her soft curls in between his slim fingers. Yes, there was someone there. He dared not go on. The pair then descended Saffron-hill, threaded Field-lane, and, entering Holborn, passed over the little bridge which then crossed the muddy waters of Fleet-ditch, mounted Snow-hill, and soon drew in the bridle before Jonathan Wild's door. Here the ribs of a thousand pounds beating against the Needles— those dangerous rocks, credulity here floated, to and fro, silks, stuffs, camlets, and velvet, without giving place to each other, according to their dignity; here rolled so many pipes of canary, whose bungholes lying open, were so damaged that the merchant may go hoop for his money," A less picturesque, but more truthful, and, therefore, more melancholy description of the same scene, is furnished by the shrewd and satirical Ned Ward, who informs us, in the "Delectable History of Whittington's College," that "When the prisoners are disposed to recreate themselves with walking, they go up into a spacious room, called the Stone Hall; where, when you see them taking a turn together, it would puzzle one to know which is the gentleman, which the mechanic, and which the beggar, for they are all suited in the same garb of squalid poverty, making a spectacle of more pity than executions; only to be out at the elbows is in fashion here, and a great indecorum not to be threadbare. “To me it seems serious enough. "What! you still hesitate! Will that rouse you, coward?" And she gave him a smart rap on the head. The two great hotels on their right were still ablaze with lights. He saw her young and graceful back as she descended from the carriage, severely ignoring him, and recalled a glimpse he had of her face, bright and serene, as his train ran out of Wimbledon. “My sister and I,” she said slowly, “have seen very little of each other lately. Now tell them why. Her amusement fled and she stared at him, as a slow thump began beating at her breast. ’ His face changed, all the humour and tenderness leaving it in an instant.
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