The prison gates were besieged like the entrance of a booth at a fair; and the Condemned Hold where he was confined, and to which visitors were admitted at the moderate rate of a guinea a-head, had quite the appearance of a showroom. "You see?" Ruth said. ToC As Jack opened the gate, and crossed the little garden, which exhibited in every part the neatness and attention of its owner, he almost trembled at the idea of further disturbing her peace of mind. The chief scene of these disgusting orgies,—the cellar, just referred to,—was a large low-roofed vault, about four feet below the level of the street, perfectly dark, unless when illumined by a roaring fire, and candles stuck in pyramidal lumps of clay, with a range of butts and barrels at one end, and benches and tables at the other, where the prisoners, debtors, and malefactors male and female, assembled as long as their money lasted, and consumed the time in drinking, smoking, and gaming with cards and dice. “We are to begin our married life to-night—here where I first met you. Oh, Mr Jarvis paid no mind,’ she added hastily, as if expecting disapproval. This isn’t the place. “I throw it out in passing,” he said. I rarely set foot in London these days. " "What'll it cost to have you all to myself for the day?" Ah Cum named the sum. The great world outside! She stood motionless beside the trunk, deep in speculation; and thus the doctor found her. Now I shall never hear it but what this evening will come pouring back over me. . "The name and rank of Thames Darrell's father," said the knight. Ah!" she screamed, with a sudden change of manner; and pointing to the window, which Jack had left open, and at which a dark figure was standing, "there is Jonathan Wild!" "Betrayed!" exclaimed Jack, glancing in the same direction.
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