Two large wards were situated in the Gate; one of which, the Stone Ward, appropriated to the master debtors, looked towards Holborn; the other called the Stone Hall, from a huge stone standing in the middle of it, upon which the irons of criminals under sentence of death were knocked off previously to their being taken to the place of execution, faced Newgate Street. This was enough for the poor widow. ’ Gerald’s jaw tightened. ’ Gerald frowned. However this may be, such was the ill report of the place that few passed along the Old Bailey without bestowing a glance of fearful curiosity at its dingy walls, and wondering what was going on inside them; while fewer still, of those who paused at the door, read, without some internal trepidation, the formidable name—inscribed in large letters on its bright brass-plate—of JONATHAN WILD. He scratched his upper lip reflectively. The oranges were of the Syrian variety, small but filled with scarlet honey. Pull yourself together now. He was no Hoddy, but a tremendous man, with hairy arms and bearded face and drink-shattered intellect. Even now he was not at all sure that she was not playing with him. Now then, missie—’ ‘Bon,’ said Melusine, interrupting him without ceremony, and paying no attention to the muskets that were pointing at her from two directions.
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