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. Here they were regaled with another
plentiful meal by the hospitable carpenter, who personally superintended the
repast. Do you know that this becomes a habit?”
“If you would only teach us all,” he murmured, “how to acquire it. The fire still burned brightly. While Thames modestly expressed a hope that he might not belie the carpenter's
favourable prediction, Jack Sheppard thought fit to mount a small ladder placed
against the wall, and, springing with the agility of an ape upon a sort of frame,
contrived to sustain short spars and blocks of timber, began to search about for a
piece of wood required in the work on which he was engaged. I’d only have to do something about it, and that I can’t. The tension was
palpable. ‘But what in the world was
she doing at Remenham House?’
‘Your quickness is astounding, Lucy,’ Gerald told her admiringly. But I
proved it to them! Oh yeah, I told John, but I don’t think
he believes me either. I don’t care.
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