I hope to see the day, when not Southwark alone, but London itself
shall become one Mint,—when all men shall be debtors, and none creditors,—
when imprisonment for debt shall be utterly abolished,—- when highwayrobbery shall be accounted a pleasant pastime, and forgery an accomplishment,
—when Tyburn and its gibbets shall be overthrown,—capital punishments
discontinued,—Newgate, Ludgate, the Gatehouse, and the Compters razed to the
ground,—Bridewell and Clerkenwell destroyed,—the Fleet, the King's Bench,
and the Marshalsea remembered only by name! But, in the mean time, as that
day may possibly be farther off than I anticipate, we are bound to make the most
of the present. ’
‘But tell,’ demanded Melusine impatiently. The sight o' your 'andsome phiz allys does me good. Yet, I suppose that at
the present moment I am the most envied man in the room. Her hair was the one part of her that did not
exude the air of wealth. ”
“I don’t know who you are,” Ennison said quietly, “but you are a thundering
liar. She looked steadfastly out. The very sight of these impediments, would have appalled a less
courageous spirit than Sheppard's—but nothing could daunt him. After all, I fancy that I shall have to
apply for a situation as a nursery governess who understands French.
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