The first of
these, the Press Room, a dark close chamber, near Waterman's Hall, obtained its
name from an immense wooden machine kept in it, with which such prisoners as
refused to plead to their indictments were pressed to death—a species of
inquisitorial torture not discontinued until so lately as the early part of the reign
of George the Third, when it was abolished by an express statute. She was perplexed by this, and stood for some seconds in
the empty street hesitating, until the appearance of another circumspect woman
under the street lamp at the corner reassured her. We all get
deceived sometimes. "Very well. I see that I am a beast—I beg your pardon, bête—and an imbecile, and
an idiot. "
"Well," said Sister Prudence, "remember, I tried to save you some future
heartaches. He sat back in an easy chair with a hand upon each of the elbows,
and looked steadfastly into the fire.
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