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As he passed along the main thoroughfare, he heard his own name pronounced,
and found that it was a hawker, crying a penny history of his escapes. ”
“That is why they hissed me, then?”
“Of course. But, you see, I’m smirched. She was listed for the raid—she was informed it was to be a raid upon the
House of Commons, though no particulars were given her—and told to go alone
to 14, Dexter Street, Westminster, and not to ask any policeman to direct her. ‘But I’ve known
that for years. Your sister! Great God, how like
she is to what you were!”
Annabel looked around her nervously. It has been said, that the pier of each
arch, or lock of Old London Bridge, was defended from the force of the tide by a
huge projecting spur called a starling. He had
abandoned his oars, and the boat was drifting with the stream towards the enemy. While the strife was raging, Edgeworth Bess walked up to Rachel, and
advised her, if she valued her life, not to scream or stir from the spot; a caution
which the housekeeper, whose curiosity far outweighed her fears, received in
very good part. Their duty was to see who came
in, or went out; to lock up, and open the different wards; to fetter such prisoners
as were ordered to be placed in irons; to distribute the allowances of provision;
and to maintain some show of decorum; for which latter purpose they were
allowed to carry whips and truncheons.
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