The above
description of
—the great Figg, by the prize-fighting swains
Sole monarch acknowledged of Mary'bone plains—
may sound somewhat tame by the side of the glowing account given of him by
his gallant biographer, who asserts that "there was a majesty shone in his
countenance, and blazed in his actions, beyond all I ever saw;" but it may,
possibly, convey a more accurate notion of his personal appearance. On the walls were noticeboards bearing clusters of newspaper slips, three or four big posters of monster
meetings, one of which Ann Veronica had attended with Miss Miniver, and a
series of announcements in purple copying-ink, and in one corner was a pile of
banners. Entering London, he bent his way towards the west-end; and having some
knowledge of a secondhand tailor's shop in Rupert Street, proceeded thither, and
looked out a handsome suit of mourning, with a sword, cloak, and hat, and
demanded the price. She looked steadfastly out. ”
“That’s if we succeed. After we have got the Vote and are recognized as citizens, then we can
come to all these other things. Ennison’s
signet-ring had cut nearly to the bone. “And for me it has been Pride and Pride and Pride!
“I am the prodigal daughter. When next he asked for her, some
twelve hours later, he was told that Mademoiselle had left. ‘Come, come, ma’am,’ he said smiling. Ann Veronica passed from her aunt to her father, and put her
arms about him and kissed his cheek. ”
“Where?” Courtlaw asked quickly. ”
“So far as one can judge from the system in practice,” said Ann Veronica,
speaking in a loud, common-sense, detached tone, and beginning to walk slowly
but resolutely toward the lawn, “it doesn’t work.
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