The man’s hand flashed out, but immediately afterwards an oath and a cry of pain broke from his lips. ‘But you said she was looking for proof. I am Lucilla Froxfield, you must know. ’ She was silent for a space, and it was evident that this part of the story was still too painful to be recalled with ease. " "Not in the least, Sir," replied Tom, in a drowsy tone, and with a look seeming to imply that he was too much accustomed to odd noises at night to heed them. “I was half hoping that I might be allowed to see you home. Divers plans and figures were chalked upon the walls; and the spaces between them were filled up with an almanack for the year; a godly ballad, adorned with a rude wood-cut, purporting to be "The History of Chaste Susannah;" an old print of the Seven Golden Candlesticks; an abstract of the various Acts of Parliament against drinking, swearing, and all manner of profaneness; and a view of the interior of Doctor Daniel Burgess's Presbyterian meeting-house in Russell Court, with portraits of the reverend gentleman and the principal members of his flock. It takes too many years to climb even a step in the social ladder. She remained for a few moments standing as though listening to his retreating footsteps. Dieu du ciel, what was it? She turned slowly, listening for the direction of the sound. Earles asked sharply. Sheppard's habitation terminated a row of old ruinous buildings, called Wheeler's Rents; a dirty thoroughfare, part street, and part lane, running from Mint Street, through a variety of turnings, and along the brink of a deep kennel, skirted by a number of petty and neglected gardens in the direction of Saint George's Fields. The last of Jarvis’s harlots must have departed in a hurry, for she had apparently left a roomful of clothes. She meant to leave anyway, or so she would tell herself later.
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