"I was coming to give you intelligence of a comical trick played by this
rascal, when I find him here—the last place, I own, where I should have
expected to find him. The
south or principal front, looking, down the Old Bailey, and not upon it, as is the
case of the present structure, with its massive walls of roughened freestone,—in
some places darkened by the smoke, in others blanched, by exposure to the
weather,—its heavy projecting cornice, its unglazed doubly-grated windows, its
gloomy porch decorated with fetters, and defended by an enormous iron door,
had a stern and striking effect. Shotbolt, who had in some degree recovered from the
effects of his previous mortification, was thrown into an ecstacy of delight, and
could not sufficiently exult over the prisoner. Not choosing to hazard so great a fall, Jack turned to examine the building, to
see whether any more favourable point of descent presented itself, but could
discover nothing but steep walls, without a single available projection. With incredible labour,
and by the aid of both spike and nail, he succeeded in getting the point of the bar
beneath the fillet. The manager had
sketched the girl's character, or rather had interpreted it, from the incidents
which had happened since dinner. "
"What else did you do when alone?"
"I read the encyclopaedia. ”
“I mean—”
“I behaved like an idiot, that’s all. ”
“Nothing that one wants. ”
“After all,” Sir John remarked complacently, “it is astonishing how easy it is for
people with brains and a little knowledge of the world to completely hide
themselves. She colored faintly. Strangers look in and long, and neighbours are moved to envy.
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