"Now stand before me, Poll. —"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. I am going to take you
entirely at your word. The stranger started at the
touch, and spoke. Ruth took hers in the sea, but was careful never to go beyond her depth because
of the sharks. ‘Pig! Pig, a thousand times!’
Running footsteps could be heard now, and she knew that the commotion was
bringing the nuns, just as she had hoped. He drove it into her missionary style,
and though he was worried about hurting her, he could
not stop himself from thrusting into her deeply. One marked difference
between the poor outcast, who, oppressed by poverty, and stung by shame, had
sought temporary relief in the stupifying draught,—that worst "medicine of a
mind diseased,"—and those of the same being, freed from her vices, and restored
to comfort and contentment, if not to happiness, by a more prosperous course of
events, was exhibited in the mouth. ‘Never fear, my love. It was denied him, for as he closed his
eyes—though but for an instant—the whole scene of his former visit to the place
rose before him. There were doorways to peer into, dim cluttered holes with shadowy
forms moving about, potters and rug-weavers. You
might tell the truth to some men, but never to him. The
windows which were about nine feet from the floor, had no glass; but were
secured by thick iron bars, and an oaken beam. “It is so difficult,” she murmured, “so impossible to explain. "Medicine cannot save mo now.
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