“I have waited for this,” he said, and stood quite still, looking at her until the
silence became oppressive. The old woman told him she had no such article to dispose of, but
recommended him to a neighbouring blacksmith. Skirting the noble
gardens of Montague House, (now, we need scarcely say, the British Museum,)
the party speedily reached Great Russell Street,—a quarter described by Strype,
in his edition of old Stow's famous Survey, "as being graced with the best
buildings in all Bloomsbury, and the best inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
especially the north side, as having gardens behind the houses, and the prospect
of the pleasant fields up to Hampstead and Highgate; insomuch that this place,
by physicians, is esteemed the most healthful of any in London. He had fallen off when trying to tie down his
aluminum paint ladder. The three of them laughed joyously. ’
‘Eh? Why did you not say so, man?’ demanded Hilary crossly.
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