"It is with no small
concern," writes an anonymous historian of Newgate, "that I am obliged to
observe that the women in every ward of this prison are exceedingly worse than
the worst of the men not only in respect to their mode of living, but more
especially as to their conversation, which, to their great shame, is as profane and
wicked as hell itself can possibly be. 192
Her skirt had ridden almost to her hips. Finally she decided upon a
step that had always seemed reasonable to her, but that hitherto she had, from
motives too faint for her to formulate, refrained from taking. ‘But only think, Hilary,’ Lucy protested, evidently too involved in her theory
to waste time in scolding. "I'm at your mercy, Poll," rejoined Kneebone, abjectly. ”
“We might even have—given it up for them!”
“I wonder if we could. He was a good foster dad that had never so
much as leered at her, not even once. It was a pity he didn't break his neck, for he was hanged within the
year. ”
Part 4
Ann Veronica’s ideas of marriage were limited and unsystematic. He was shifting to
reach his own weapon, which had fallen in between the pews at the back. Satisfied, as he thought, that he had nothing to apprehend, the boy resumed his
task, chanting, as he plied his knife with redoubled assiduity, the following—not
inappropriate strains:—
THE NEWGATE STONE.
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