“It’s magnificent!” He leaned back and regarded her with his head a little on
one side. The chief scene of these disgusting orgies,—the cellar, just referred to,—was a
large low-roofed vault, about four feet below the level of the street, perfectly
dark, unless when illumined by a roaring fire, and candles stuck in pyramidal
lumps of clay, with a range of butts and barrels at one end, and benches and
tables at the other, where the prisoners, debtors, and malefactors male and
female, assembled as long as their money lasted, and consumed the time in
drinking, smoking, and gaming with cards and dice. "I have so much to learn. I
overheard Jonathan Wild's instructions to Quilt Arnold, and though he spoke in
slang, and in an under tone, my quick ears, and acquaintance with the thieves'
lingo, enabled me to make out every word he uttered. He halted,—looked
fearfully around,—stopped again, and exclaimed aloud, "I don't like the job; and
yet it must be done, or Mr. Sheppard, somewhat alarmed by this
preamble. ‘But I’m hanged if I
know why you find it so amusing. He entered the room
with his usual deliberation, and looked covertly about him. "
"Why didn't he arrest Mr. Were you born here, madame?’
‘Mais non. Absolutely.
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