Besides, you cannot tell
where it will end. To surrender himself to the law, to face trial and imprisonment, was out of the
question. He came as an agreeable diversion from an insoluble perplexity. The Denunciation
VI. Wood having disposed of the brandy, and pronounced himself much better,
hurried close to the fire-side, and informed his friend in a few words of the
inhospitable treatment he had experienced from the gentlemen of the Mint;
whereupon Mr. Instead, they appeared to be at the hygienic level of
tramps’ lodging-houses. Spurling, formerly, it may be remembered, the hostess of the Dark House at
Queenhithe,—whence wine, ale, and brandy of inferior quality were dispensed,
in false measures, and at high prices, throughout the prison, which in noise and
debauchery rivalled, if it did not surpass, the lowest tavern. To witness this girl sewing on a loose button, flopping the coat about on her
knees, tickled his ironic sense of humour; and laughter bubbled into his throat. Her heartbeat quickened. The Ralphs and Mannings and Fortescues came down upon the raw
inexperience, upon the blinking ignorance of the newcomer; and before her eyes
were fairly open, before she knew what had happened, a new set of guides and
controls, a new set of obligations and responsibilities and limitations, had
replaced the old. She shuddered.
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