—"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. "Attend to me, Mrs. Manning; secondly, by some measure or other, she meant to go on with her studies, not at the Tredgold Schools but at the Imperial College; and, thirdly, she was, as an immediate and decisive act, a symbol of just exactly where she stood, a declaration of free and adult initiative, going that night to the Fadden Ball. Capes saw her, felt for her, cared for her greatly, even if he did not love her. This horrible piece of deformity, who acted as drawer and cellarman, and was a constant butt to the small wits of the jail, was nicknamed the Black Dog of Newgate. They then swiftly mounted the stairs, and stopped before the audience-chamber. We have come to the conclusion, Brendon and I, that Mrs. "Do you think I'd take the trouble to announce him? These are persons of consequence, I tell you. The less said, therefore, on this point the better; because, as nothing is to be gained by it, it would only be trouble thrown away.
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