—"A
famous university," observes Ned Ward, in the London Spy, "where, if a man has
a mind to educate a hopeful child in the daring science of padding; the lightfingered subtlety of shoplifting: the excellent use of jack and crow; for the
silently drawing bolts, and forcing barricades; with the knack of sweetening; or
the most ingenious dexterity of picking pockets; let him but enter in this college
on the Common Side, and confine him close to his study but for three months;
and if he does not come out qualified to take any degree of villainy, he must be
the most honest dunce that ever had the advantage of such eminent tutors. In a few minutes more he had made a breach in the roof wide enough
to allow him to pass through. G. "
"Ay, ay," cried the jailers, laughing. Look what you have brought
upon your pets. . In the old days he had been
something of an athlete—a runner, an oarsman, and a crack at tennis. You have just passed through rather a
severe physical struggle; just as previously to your collapse you had gone
through some terrific mental strain. “The thing I feel most disposed to say, Miss Stanley,” he began at last, “is that
this is very sudden. He smiled inwardly.
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