Against the walls hung an assortment of staves,
brown-bills, (weapons then borne by the watch,) muskets, handcuffs, great-coats,
and lanterns. About this time,—namely, in November, 1703—
while young Trenchard was in Lancashire, and his sister in London, on a visit, he
received a certain communication from his confidential servant, Davies, which,
at once, destroyed his hopes. I heard only after it was all over. The forgiveness and reconciliation was a cold and formal affair, and
afterwards her father went off gloomily to his study, and Mr. ‘Perhaps I could indeed rescue
you if only you would confide in me. I’m talking to you now as though you had all the
wisdom and charity in the world. The other bona roba, known amongst her
companions as Mistress Poll Maggot, was a beauty on a much larger scale,—in
fact, a perfect Amazon. Accordingly, he stopped the coach,
dismounted, and hastened towards the assemblage, which, he was glad to find,
consisted chiefly of a posse of watchmen and other guardians of the night. “You, anyhow, don’t deserve
it,” he said.
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