In consequence of the infamous abuse of its liberties, an act for the entire
suppression of the Old Mint was passed in the ninth year of the reign of George
the First, not many months before the date of the present epoch of this history;
and as, after the destruction of Whitefriars, which took place in the reign of
Charles the Second, owing to the protection afforded by its inmates to the
Levellers and Fifth-monarchy-men, when the inhabitants of Alsatia crossed the
water, and settled themselves in the borough of Southwark,—so now, driven out
of their fastnesses, they again migrated, and recrossing the Thames, settled in
Wapping, in a miserable quarter between Artichoke Lane and Nightingale Lane,
which they termed the New Mint. . ”
“He mentioned the matter to me also,” Miss Pellissier remarked stiffly. ‘And if it is true that you love me, I do
not know why it is that you do not kiss me again at once. She was her mother’s
child, fair of face, doted upon and spoiled by her
attentions. The conflict was of short duration; for
Shotbolt was no match for his athletic antagonist. The carpet was a quiet drugget and not excessively worn, and the
bed in the corner was covered by a white quilt. Ten thousand steeds appeared to be trampling aloft, charged with the work of
devastation. Uttering a few inarticulate ejaculations,—for he was completely out of breath,—
the fugitive placed a bundle in the arms of the carpenter, and, regardless of the
consternation he excited in the breast of that personage, who was almost
stupified with astonishment, he began to divest himself of a heavy horseman's
cloak, which he threw over Wood's shoulder, and, drawing his sword, seemed to
listen intently for the approach of his pursuers. “I won’t have you quarrelling and crying
in the Avenue,” he said.
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