"
"I have promised. And do you, Jack, attend to your work, and mind you don't get into further
mischief. "
"Proceed, Sir," said Trenchard, breathing hard. He had an air of having told her a deep, personal secret. “You did a great job on my concerto today. 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. Lucy slipped upstairs silently. Giles's round-house on my own responsibility. Saw the villain through the
keyhole. He was, however, instantly beaten back; and the fury of the mob was so great
that it was with difficulty he could effect a retreat. My will is executed, and placed in safe custody. Rank ingratitude, I
call it. “I am afraid—I really think that one of us ought to go with you,” he said. "
"Well, well, I'm not within a minute," rejoined the turnkey.
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