The work of plunder over, that of destruction commenced. To him she had always appeared as a mere pleasure-loving parasite—something quite insignificant. She was conscious of a ceaseless undercurrent of sound—the guttural Chinese tongue. There were game watermen and game lightermen, heavy horsemen and light horsemen, scuffle-hunters, and long-apron men, lumpers, journeymen coopers, mud-larks, badgers, and ratcatchers—a race of dangerous vermin recently, in a great measure, extirpated by the vigilance of the Thames Police, but at this period flourishing in vast numbers. Every window, from the groundfloor to the garret had its occupant, and the roofs were covered with spectators. But the lady was not so easily won; and though she did not absolutely reject him, gave him very slight hopes.
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