—"A famous university," observes Ned Ward, in the London Spy, "where, if a man has a mind to educate a hopeful child in the daring science of padding; the lightfingered subtlety of shoplifting: the excellent use of jack and crow; for the silently drawing bolts, and forcing barricades; with the knack of sweetening; or the most ingenious dexterity of picking pockets; let him but enter in this college on the Common Side, and confine him close to his study but for three months; and if he does not come out qualified to take any degree of villainy, he must be the most honest dunce that ever had the advantage of such eminent tutors. ‘If ever I met such a pair of lunatics!’ ‘Give me that, Hilary,’ Gerald said at once, ignoring his remark and reaching out for the handkerchief. It's kind of comforting to have you there. In this hour its colossal selfishness never occurred to him. “Please let me drive you home. You won’t want to be late the first evening, and it’s ten minutes past seven now. Melusine could not wish either to know how their kindness served only to emphasise the lack in her life ensuing from Gerald’s continued absence. ToC London, at the period of this history, boasted only a single bridge. It gave him plenty of time to obsess over his random crushes, which worried her. “But what can one do?” asked Ann Veronica. Phillips Oppenheim’s most intriguing stories.
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