She
wore a black satin dress, a little shiny at the seams, a purposeless bow of white
tulle at the back of her neck, and a huge chatelaine. We girls, my sister and I, were left quite
alone when our father died, and I made up my mind to make some little place in
the world for myself. “And, you know, you’re altering us all. The coachman
answered by a surly grunt, and, plying his whip with redoubled zeal, shaped his
course down Dyot Street; traversed that part of Holborn, which is now called
Broad Street, and where two ancient alms-houses were, then, standing in the
middle of that great thoroughfare, exactly opposite the opening of Compston
Street; and, diving under a wide gateway on the left, soon reached a more open
space, surrounded by mean habitations, coach-houses and stables, called
Kendrick Yard, at the further end of which Saint Giles's round-house was
situated. All her protests seemed stifled before she could find words to utter them. It was an odd little encounter, that left vague and dubitable impressions in her
mind. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the
terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at
www. I'll call it my
wedding gift. "You can, of course, identify this picture as Lady Trafford's property?" pursued
Jonathan, with a meaning glance, as he handed it to the knight. Attacked by an
infamous and unconstitutional statute, passed in the reign of the late usurper,
William of Orange, (for I may remark that, if the right king had been upon the
throne, that illegal enactment would never have received the royal assent—the
Stuarts—Heaven preserve 'em!—always siding with the debtors); attacked in
this outrageous manner, I repeat, it has been all but 'up' with US! But the
vigorous resistance offered on that memorable occasion by the patriotic
inhabitants of Bermuda to the aggressions of arbitrary power, secured and
established their privileges on a firmer basis than heretofore; and, while their
pusillanimous allies were crushed and annihilated, they became more prosperous
than ever.
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