The chief scene of these disgusting orgies,—the cellar, just referred to,—was a large low-roofed vault, about four feet below the level of the street, perfectly dark, unless when illumined by a roaring fire, and candles stuck in pyramidal lumps of clay, with a range of butts and barrels at one end, and benches and tables at the other, where the prisoners, debtors, and malefactors male and female, assembled as long as their money lasted, and consumed the time in drinking, smoking, and gaming with cards and dice. The darkness was almost palpable; and the wind which, hitherto, had been blowing in gusts, was suddenly lulled. The very sight of these impediments, would have appalled a less courageous spirit than Sheppard's—but nothing could daunt him. I'll see her myself; and that's more than she bargained for, I'll be sworn. Ruth will be a gold mine for a man of your peculiar bent. They seem to spend their time yawning and inspecting their neighbour’s dresses through those hateful glasses. You have not forgotten——” “I have forgotten nothing?” he answered, enigmatically. You won’t want to be late the first evening, and it’s ten minutes past seven now. " "I didn't suspect you of so much superstition, Mr. I am apparently a beast, a pig and an imbecile, too, if memory serves me. What has been the matter?” “Toothache,” he answered laconically.
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