—"A famous university," observes Ned Ward, in the London Spy, "where, if a man has a mind to educate a hopeful child in the daring science of padding; the lightfingered subtlety of shoplifting: the excellent use of jack and crow; for the silently drawing bolts, and forcing barricades; with the knack of sweetening; or the most ingenious dexterity of picking pockets; let him but enter in this college on the Common Side, and confine him close to his study but for three months; and if he does not come out qualified to take any degree of villainy, he must be the most honest dunce that ever had the advantage of such eminent tutors. A broken laugh followed the action. "As I said before, I have little reliance upon professions of gratitude. The idea that he held in his arms the girl whom he had once so passionately loved, and for whom he still retained an ardent but hopeless attachment, almost overcame him. She hugged Lucy, who had finished eating. The steps, even the pavements, were invaded by little knots of loungers driven outside by the unusual heat of the evening, most of them in evening dress, or what passed for evening dress in Montague Street. He was content to talk about himself, though in the back of his clever mind he already suspected that she was not offering any details about her life. Jeez! It was about time. F. Manning’s handwriting, and opened his letter and read some lines before its import appeared. ’ Gerald turned and came back to her. Wood," she continued, with a sudden change of tone, and convulsively clutching the carpenter's arm, "promise it me. Remember what the conjuror said. While he was considering what would be best to do, the poor maniac, over whose bewildered brain another change had come, raised her head from under the straw, and peeping round the room, asked in a low voice, "If they were gone?" "Who?" inquired Jack.
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