The folds of a thick muslin neckcloth in
some degree protected him, but the gash was desperate. To witness this girl sewing on a loose button, flopping the coat about on her
knees, tickled his ironic sense of humour; and laughter bubbled into his throat. The neighbouring houses were tenanted by the lowest order of
insolvent traders, thieves, mendicants, and other worthless and nefarious
characters, who fled thither to escape from their creditors, or to avoid the
punishment due to their different offenses; for we may observe that the Old
Mint, although it had been divested of some of its privileges as a sanctuary by a
recent statute passed in the reign of William the Third, still presented a safe
asylum to the debtor, and even continued to do so until the middle of the reign of
George the First, when the crying nature of the evil called loudly for a remedy,
and another and more sweeping enactment entirely took away its immunities. He reappeared in street clothes, his cropped hair not
even damp from the shower, fresh-faced and sweetsmelling. One of her duties, after she
had been taught to read, had been to read aloud after breakfast and before going
to bed. Hist!" cried he,
as a scream was heard from without. Instinct had forced her to create something
out of rags to satisfy a mysterious craving. ‘So now you may safely cease
your roundaboutation, and tell me what took you to Remenham House. Forgetting her occupation
in her anger, she left off bathing Darrell's wrist; and, squeezing his arm so tightly
that the boy winced with pain, she clapped her right hand upon her hip, and
turned, with flashing eyes and an inflamed countenance, towards her crest-fallen
spouse. “Perhaps, as I’ve only just arrived,” she remarked, “I might be forgiven if I do
not change my skirt. "
"What did I say?"
"Only one word," she said, offering her first white lie. ’
‘Oui, mais—safe. Perhaps Ferringhall has pensioned her off. Wished to see you. "
"Winny," said Thames, whose glowing cheek attested the effect produced upon
him by the insinuation; "Winny," said he, addressing a pretty little damsel of
some twelve years of age, who stood by his side holding the bottle of
embrocation, "help me on with my coat, please.
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