It was Sunday evening—a soft delicious evening, and, from the happy, cheerful
look of the house, none would have dreamed of the dismal tragedy so lately
acted within its walls. In the general survey of the prison, taken in the preceding chapter, but little was
said of the Lodge. Shari was
snoring soundly. Lucy was
summarily introduced to Martin’s parents. The walls
were bare, and painted in stone-colour; the floors, devoid of carpet; the beds, of
hangings; the windows, of blinds; and, excepting in the thief-taker's own
audience-chamber, there was not a chair or a table about the premises; the place
of these conveniences being elsewhere supplied by benches, and deal-boards laid
across joint-stools. Then she
had a baby and became as old as any really grown-up person, or older, and very
dull. After venting his wrath in the wildest manner, and uttering the most dreadful
execrations, Jonathan retired to another part of the prison, where he passed the
night in consultation with the governor, as to the best means of conveying the
prisoner securely to Tyburn. I only wish he was not a Papist and
a Jacobite. Oh! you young people!”
The young man with the orange tie, in spite of Sisyphus-like efforts on the
part of Goopes to get the topic on to a higher plane, displayed great persistence
in speculating upon the possible distribution of the affections of highly
developed modern types. I had
nosebleeds that day and I got halfway up the rope before
I fell off. “Whither away?” he said, very distinctly in a curiously wheedling voice. Your laugh
reminds me of—of——"
"Whose, Sir?" demanded Jackson, becoming suddenly grave. Queer old gentleman!
The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so
carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own
knowledge. “Great.
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