A middle-aged countrywoman, plump of cheek, and a
little shy. But I've not promised to stand by him yet; nor
will I, unless he turns out an honest lad,—mind that. Here the ribs of a thousand pounds beating against the Needles—
those dangerous rocks, credulity here floated, to and fro, silks, stuffs, camlets,
and velvet, without giving place to each other, according to their dignity; here
rolled so many pipes of canary, whose bungholes lying open, were so damaged
that the merchant may go hoop for his money," A less picturesque, but more
truthful, and, therefore, more melancholy description of the same scene, is
furnished by the shrewd and satirical Ned Ward, who informs us, in the
"Delectable History of Whittington's College," that "When the prisoners are
disposed to recreate themselves with walking, they go up into a spacious room,
called the Stone Hall; where, when you see them taking a turn together, it would
puzzle one to know which is the gentleman, which the mechanic, and which the
beggar, for they are all suited in the same garb of squalid poverty, making a
spectacle of more pity than executions; only to be out at the elbows is in fashion
here, and a great indecorum not to be threadbare. ”
“Surely,” he protested, “the change is all in favour of your own inclinations. ‘But can you? You don’t know Melusine for Mary Remenham’s daughter, any
more than I do. "
"For mercy's sake go up stairs," implored Sheppard. Hill was exchanging greetings with his hostess, and salutations around the
table. I don’t quite know why. 59
He was not present during the night the next morning,
or the next, or the next.
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