1. There
stood John and Mr. This
was the bitterest hour he had ever known. In consequence of the infamous abuse of its liberties, an act for the entire
suppression of the Old Mint was passed in the ninth year of the reign of George
the First, not many months before the date of the present epoch of this history;
and as, after the destruction of Whitefriars, which took place in the reign of
Charles the Second, owing to the protection afforded by its inmates to the
Levellers and Fifth-monarchy-men, when the inhabitants of Alsatia crossed the
water, and settled themselves in the borough of Southwark,—so now, driven out
of their fastnesses, they again migrated, and recrossing the Thames, settled in
Wapping, in a miserable quarter between Artichoke Lane and Nightingale Lane,
which they termed the New Mint. She was, she guessed, close to the library. Ah!"
he exclaimed, as his eye fell upon a small knob in the wall, "there's the spring!"
He touched it, and the door flew open. Would you mind?"
She wanted another kiss, but she did not know how to go about it; so she
satisfied the hunger by pressing his hands to her thundering heart. ’
Alderley laughed. "You know my fixed
determination," he added in a low tone, as he passed the carpenter. ”
He sidled toward her, but she recoiled from him, leaving him in possession of
the hearth-rug. In Darrell's open features, frankness and honour were written in
legible characters; while, in Jack's physiognomy, cunning and knavery were as
strongly imprinted. The air,
perfumed with the delicious fragrance of the new-mown grass, was vocal with
the melodies of the birds; the thick foliage of the trees was glistening in the
sunshine; all nature seemed happy and rejoicing; but, above all, the serene
Sabbath stillness reigning around communicated a calm to her wounded spirit. "Your son's father was a
thief; and Jonathan Wild (unless I'm misinformed,) was his friend,—so it's not
unnatural he should show some partiality towards Jack.
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