The size and grandeur of the edifice, indeed, drew down the
ridicule of several of the wits of the age: by one of whom—the facetious Tom
Brown—it was said, "Bedlam is a pleasant place, and abounds with amusements;
—the first of which is the building, so stately a fabric for persons wholly
insensible of the beauty and use of it: the outside being a perfect mockery of the
inside, and admitting of two amusing queries,—Whether the persons that
ordered the building of it, or those that inhabit it, were the maddest? and,
whether the name and thing be not as disagreeable as harp and harrow. "I shall need little more. As he lay
on his back, he fancied himself gradually slipping off the platform. Melusine was loath to admit how
much more lonely since Gerald chose not to visit her. It was he
who saw them first coming down the room—Annabel in a wonderful white satin
gown in front, and Sir John stiff, unbending, disapproving, bringing up the rear. A knot of three policemen in
conflict with her staggered toward Ann Veronica’s attendants and distracted their
attention. . A glance sufficed to show the young man how
matters stood. They are blinded to all fine and subtle things
—they look at life with bloodshot eyes and dilated nostrils. “Too bad to keep you waiting,” Annabel exclaimed. I was looking for rooms last week. I’m a
Socialist, Miss Stanley. ”
She was silent, and in the gloom of the dimly lit apartment he could not see her
face.
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