The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance, but with a very shrewd aspect. Skirting the noble gardens of Montague House, (now, we need scarcely say, the British Museum,) the party speedily reached Great Russell Street,—a quarter described by Strype, in his edition of old Stow's famous Survey, "as being graced with the best buildings in all Bloomsbury, and the best inhabited by the nobility and gentry, especially the north side, as having gardens behind the houses, and the prospect of the pleasant fields up to Hampstead and Highgate; insomuch that this place, by physicians, is esteemed the most healthful of any in London. So frightful, indeed, were the ravages of this malady, to which debtors and felons were alike exposed, that its miserable victims were frequently carried out by cart-loads, and thrown into a pit in the burial-ground of Christ-church, without ceremony. Death belongs to God, young man. He shut his eyes and groped for the wall to steady himself, wondering if this bit of mummery would get over. He appeared to thunder dire happenings if she did not obey him without further ado. The leg and wing of a duck were disposed of by this gentleman in a twinkling; a brace of pigeons and a pound of steak followed with equal celerity; and he had just begun to make a fierce assault upon the eggs and ham. As he turned the handle, it moved, and the door was taken from his hand and pulled outward by the young footman. ” He pushed her a dozen yards along the greasy pavement with flat, well-trained hands that there seemed to be no opposing. With the immediate necessities in train, Melusine fell to brooding on her situation, which she found insupportable. But let the horses be in readiness. I am guilty practically of the impertinence of coming to ask you whether I misunderstood your sister. I hope you've enjoyed your health.
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