Gerald seized Melusine by the hand and drew her towards the stairs, throwing
a command at Kimble as he did so. There was barely room for one, let alone two, in the passage, and Melusine
ended up backwards, supporting Jack as best she could as he stumbled along,
grasping the rough walls on either side with both hands. ”
“It would be different all the same. \"Stop smiling, you're scaring me. Sebastian dared not approach her. Grudgingly
he admired her. The neighbouring houses were tenanted by the lowest order of
insolvent traders, thieves, mendicants, and other worthless and nefarious
characters, who fled thither to escape from their creditors, or to avoid the
punishment due to their different offenses; for we may observe that the Old
Mint, although it had been divested of some of its privileges as a sanctuary by a
recent statute passed in the reign of William the Third, still presented a safe
asylum to the debtor, and even continued to do so until the middle of the reign of
George the First, when the crying nature of the evil called loudly for a remedy,
and another and more sweeping enactment entirely took away its immunities.
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