While this took place, while Quilt thundered at the inner door, and Jack drew
back the bolts of the outer, a deep, manly voice was heard chanting—as if in
contempt of the general uproar—the following strain:—
With pipe and punch upon the board,
And smiling nymphs around us;
No tavern could more mirth afford
Than old Saint Giles's round-house!
The round-house! the round-house!
The jolly—jolly round-house!
"The jolly, jolly round-house!" chorussed Sheppard, as the last bar yielded to his
efforts. He recalled with exasperating perplexity her clear, matter-of-fact tone as she
talked about love-making being unconvincing. Aunt and niece regarded each other silently. He suddenly became eloquent and plausible. ‘But do you think I can blame you for this, Marthe?’
‘I blame myself. ” Lucy begged. ’
A sudden frown sprang to the fellow’s face. There was also a Maze, (the name is still retained in the
district,) into which the debtor could run, and through the intricacies of which it
was impossible for an officer to follow him, without a clue. ’
Gerald considered. He brought home her first “meal”, a man who he
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claimed was a highwayman who had raped several women
and was destined for the hangman’s noose. What more could any reasonable man—
especially a watchman—desire? Besides, the Marquis, is a devilish fine fellow,
and a particular friend of mine.
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