’
Miss Froxfield intervened quickly as her betrothed showed signs of erupting
again. Divers plans and figures were chalked
upon the walls; and the spaces between them were filled up with an almanack for
the year; a godly ballad, adorned with a rude wood-cut, purporting to be "The
History of Chaste Susannah;" an old print of the Seven Golden Candlesticks; an
abstract of the various Acts of Parliament against drinking, swearing, and all
manner of profaneness; and a view of the interior of Doctor Daniel Burgess's
Presbyterian meeting-house in Russell Court, with portraits of the reverend
gentleman and the principal members of his flock. ‘You must have been an exceedingly
good pupil. "
"Where are you going?" asked his mother. "
"Winny," said Thames, tenderly, "something which that self-sufficient fool has
said has so far done me a service in enabling me to speak upon a subject which I
have long had upon my lips, but have not had courage to utter. "Took
a great fancy to you. At table he carved in a
gloomy but resolute manner. ’
‘Ah, you know about that, then?’
‘That much, yes. I thought he was in Newgate. He has given orders that no one is to disturb him. You are in the right to be cautious, till you know
with whom you have to deal; and, even then, you can't be too wary. “For my own part I have come fully now into my inheritance. “Never heard anything of it. She softened her tone and
scrambled for the right words.
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