On this side was a razor with
which a son had murdered his father; the blade notched, the haft crusted with
blood: on that, a bar of iron, bent, and partly broken, with which a husband had
beaten out his wife's brains. Infested by every description of vagabond and miscreant, it was,
perhaps, a few degrees worse than the rookery near Saint Giles's and the
desperate neighbourhood of Saffron Hill in our own time. But it was only six-thirty. Given
the proper incentive, who could say that he might not likewise go nobly to some
fine end? She thrilled. No doubt he has been drinking for days without eating
substantially, and his heart gave out. I desire, Sir, you'll recollect yourself. ’ He reddened a little, and shuffled his feet. This manoeuvre was so suddenly executed that it took Abraham completely by
surprise. Shotbolt nodded in token of acquiescence, and emitted an odd guttural sound. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect. But she had not reckoned with the etiquette
of Canongate.
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