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Chapter Five
‘Now then, young Jack,’ Gerald said, turning to the lad, who was sitting in the
place lately vacated by his self-appointed mistress, but in a state of far less
relaxation. Emerging from this aperture, he was about to
descend, when he was alarmed by hearing the tramp of horses' feet swiftly
approaching, and had only time to hide himself behind one of the largest signboards before alluded to when two horsemen rode up. ‘That’s right, you bone idle do-nothings. Too intent on her search, and convinced besides that she was
quite alone, she had been an easy prey. Above was a spacious hall,
connected with it by a flight of stone steps, at the further end of which stood an
immense grated door, called in the slang of the place "The Jigger," through the
bars of which the felons in the upper wards were allowed to converse with their
friends, or if they wished to enter the room, or join the revellers below, they were
at liberty to do so, on payment of a small fine. We two. 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. It opened and a nun’s head popped out. She laid
her hand upon his arm. All the initial confidence in
herself was gone; her courage was merely a shell to hide the lack.
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