To be sure, Ruth had dimly been aware of this; but now for the first time she was made painfully conscious of it. “It may be her salvation. And listen, John. The neighbouring houses were tenanted by the lowest order of insolvent traders, thieves, mendicants, and other worthless and nefarious characters, who fled thither to escape from their creditors, or to avoid the punishment due to their different offenses; for we may observe that the Old Mint, although it had been divested of some of its privileges as a sanctuary by a recent statute passed in the reign of William the Third, still presented a safe asylum to the debtor, and even continued to do so until the middle of the reign of George the First, when the crying nature of the evil called loudly for a remedy, and another and more sweeping enactment entirely took away its immunities. "There were some marks near the window; but whether recently made or not could not be ascertained," replied Winifred. For a few moments Mr. I made a wrong choice, it seems—but my voice remains.
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