This gate, called Newgate, "as being latelier builded
than the rest," continued, for upwards of three hundred years, to be used as a
place of imprisonment for felons and trespassers; at the end of which time,
having grown old, ruinous, and "horribly loathsome," it was rebuilt and enlarged
by the executors of the renowned Sir Richard Whittington, the Lord Mayor of
London: whence it afterwards obtained amongst a certain class of students,
whose examinations were conducted with some strictness at the Old Bailey, and
their highest degrees taken at Hyde-park-corner, the appellation of Whittington's
College, or, more briefly, the Whit. She had even played in an opera by Verdi once, but
had to dress as a boy to do it. "
"Pray come to the point, Sir," said Mrs. But her mind was ruffled, and its mirror-like surface of
satisfaction was not easily restored. Melusine,
I’ve remembered something that may help you. ‘It must seem strange to you at first. Wood, who had
been absent on business during the greater part of the day, returned (perhaps not
altogether undesignedly) at an earlier hour than was expected, to his dwelling in
Wych Street, Drury Lane; and was about to enter his workshop, when, not
hearing any sound of labour issue from within, he began to suspect that an
apprentice, of whose habits of industry he entertained some doubt, was
neglecting his employment. “In five minutes I shall be ready. “It’s magnificent!” He leaned back and regarded her with his head a little on
one side. Outside
the door he turned and stared at the panels. ‘Thank you,’ she said, leaning heavily on his arm for a moment.
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