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. Five minutes ago, his butler had entered the green saloon, an austere
apartment, with dark forest-green wallpaper flocked with a swirling design, and
heavy mahogany furniture. The walls
were bare, and painted in stone-colour; the floors, devoid of carpet; the beds, of
hangings; the windows, of blinds; and, excepting in the thief-taker's own
audience-chamber, there was not a chair or a table about the premises; the place
of these conveniences being elsewhere supplied by benches, and deal-boards laid
across joint-stools. ”
“I thought I explained—”
“I don’t think you can have heard me,” said her father; “I have told you to
come home. ‘And you!’ shrieked Melusine. "
"Poh, poh, my dear! Mr. She found herself
anxious to read more of him, and the next Wednesday she went to the British
Museum and hunted first among the half-crown magazines for his essays and
then through various scientific quarterlies for his research papers. She
glanced at him.
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