hurt:
but
,
scarcely
had
his
eyes
caught
a
glimpse
of
that
man
's
features
,
when
he
uttered
a
cry
of
mingled
rage
and
delight
,
and
sprang
towards
him
.
For
that
traveller
was
Lafleur
!
"
Villain
!
"
cried
Greenwood
,
seizing
hold
of
the
Frenchman
by
the
collar
:
"
to
you
I
owe
all
my
misfortunes
!
Restore
me
the
wealth
of
which
you
vilely
plundered
me
!
"
"
Unhand
me
,
"
exclaimed
the
ex-valet
;
"
or
,
by
heaven
—
—
"
"
Wretch
!
"
interrupted
Greenwood
:
"
it
is
for
me
to
threaten
!
"
Lafleur
gnashed
his
teeth
with
rage
,
and
endeavoured
to
shake
off
his
assailant
with
a
sudden
and
desperate
effort
to
hurl
him
to
the
ground
.
But
Greenwood
,
weakened
though
he
was
by
illness
,
maintained
his
hold
upon
the
Frenchman
,
and
called
for
assistance
.
The
postillion
knew
not
whose
part
to
take
,
and
therefore
remained
neutral
.
Lafleur
's
situation
was
most
critical
;
but
he
was
not
the
man
to
yield
without
a
desperate
attempt
to
free
himself
.
Suddenly
taking
a
pistol
from
his
pocket
,
he
aimed
a
furious
blow
,
with
the
butt-end
of
the
weapon
,
at
the
head
of
Greenwood
,
whose
hat
had
fallen
off
in
the
struggle
.
The
blow
descended
with
tremendous
force
:
and
in
the
next
moment
Greenwood
lay
senseless
on
the
road
,
while
Lafleur
darted
away
from
the
spot
with
the
speed
of
lightning
.
For
an
instant
the
postillion
hesitated
whether
to
pursue
the
fugitive
or
attend
to
the
wounded
man
;
but
he
almost
immediately
decided
in
favour
of
the
more
humane
course
.
Upon
examination
he
found
that
Greenwood
's
forehead
had
received
a
terrible
wound
,
from
which
the
blood
was
streaming
down
his
temples
.
He
was
moreover
quite
senseless
;
and
the
postillion
,
after
binding
the
wound
with
a
handkerchief
,
vainly
endeavoured
to
recover
him
.
"
Well
,
it
wo
n't
do
to
let
the
poor
gentleman
die
in
this
way
,
"
said
the
man
to
himself
;
and
,
after
an
instant
's
reflection
,
he
remembered
that
Markham
Place
was
close
at
hand
.
Depositing
Greenwood
as
comfortably
as
he
could
on
the
cushions
which
he
took
from
the
chaise
,
he
hastened
to
the
mansion
,
and
related
to
the
servants
all
that
had
occurred
.
Without
a
moment
's
hesitation
,
—
well
knowing
that
their
conduct
would
be
approved
of
by
their
excellent
master
,
—
three
stout
footmen
hastened
,
with
the
means
of
forming
a
litter
,
to
the
spot
where
the
postillion
had
left
Greenwood
.
On
their
arrival
they
found
that
he
had
to
some
extent
recovered
his
senses
;
and
a
cordial
,
which
one
of
the
footmen
poured
down
his
throat
,
completely
revived
him
.
But
,
alas
!
he
was
aroused
only
to
the
fearful
conviction
that
he
had
received
his
death-blow
;
for
that
mysterious
influence
which
sometimes
warns
the
soul
of
its
approaching
flight
,
was
upon
him
!
"
My
good
friends
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
faint
and
languid
tone
,
"
I
have
one
request
to
make
—
the
request
of
a
dying
man
!
"
"
Name
it
,
sir
,
"
returned
the
senior
footman
;
"
and
command
us
as
you
will
.
"
"
I
conjure
you
,
then
,
"
exclaimed
Greenwood
,
speaking
with
more
strength
and
animation
than
at
first
,
—
"
I
conjure
you
to
remove
me
on
that
litter
which
your
kindness
has
prepared
,
to
the
spot
where
your
master
,
his
family
,
and
friends
are
now
assembled
.
You
hesitate
!
Oh
!
grant
me
this
request
,
I
implore
you
—
and
the
Prince
will
not
blame
you
!
"
The
servants
were
well
aware
of
the
motive
which
had
induced
their
master
and
his
companions
to
repair
to
the
hill-top
thus
early
on
this
particular
day
;
and
the
urgent
request
of
Greenwood
now
excited
a
sudden
suspicion
in
their
minds
.
But
they
did
not
express
their
thoughts
:
there
was
no
time
to
waste
in
question
or
comment
—
for
the
wounded
gentleman
,
who
had
proffered
so
earnest
a
prayer
,
was
evidently
in
a
dying
state
.
Exchanging
significant
glances
,
the
servants
placed
Greenwood
upon
the
litter
;
and
,
aided
by
the
postillion
,
set
out
with
their
burden
towards
the
hill
.
The
angle
of
the
road
was
passed
;
and
the
party
bearing
the
wounded
man
,
suddenly
appeared
to
the
view
of
those
who
were
stationed
on
the
hill
.
"
Merciful
heaven
!
"
exclaimed
Richard
,
with
a
shudder
:
"
what
can
this
mean
?
"
"
Be
not
alarmed
,
"
said
Ellen
:
"
it
can
have
no
reference
to
Eugene
.
Doubtless
some
poor
creature
has
met
with
an
accident
—
—
"
"
But
my
own
servants
are
the
bearers
of
that
litter
which
is
approaching
!
"
cried
the
Prince
,
now
becoming
painfully
excited
.
"
A
man
is
stretched
upon
it
—
his
head
is
bandaged
—
he
lies
motionless
—
Oh
!
what
terrible
fears
oppress
me
!
"
And
as
he
uttered
these
words
,
Richard
sank
back
almost
fainting
upon
the
seat
.
The
gallant
warrior
,
whose
heart
had
never
failed
in
the
thickest
of
the
battle
—
whose
courage
was
so
dauntless
when
bullets
were
flying
round
him
like
hail
—
and
whose
valour
had
given
him
a
name
amongst
the
mightiest
generals
of
the
universe
,
—
this
man
of
a
chivalrous
soul
was
subdued
by
the
agonising
alarm
that
had
suddenly
menaced
all
his
fond
fraternal
hopes
with
annihilation
!
For
so
ominous
—
so
sinister
appeared
to
be
the
approach
of
a
litter
at
the
very
moment
when
he
was
anxiously
awaiting
the
presence
of
a
long-lost
brother
,
that
his
feelings
experienced
a
revulsion
as
painful
as
it
was
sudden
.
And
now
for
a
few
moments
the
strange
spectacle
of
the
litter
was
forgotten
by
those
who
crowded
round
our
hero
in
alarm
at
the
change
which
had
come
over
him
.
Even
Ellen
turned
away
from
the
contemplation
of
that
mournful
procession
which
was
toiling
up
the
hill
;
—
for
she
had
seen
Greenwood
on
the
preceding
evening
—
she
had
left
him
in
good
health
—
she
had
raised
his
spirits
by
her
kind
attentions
and
her
loving
language
—
and
she
did
not
for
one
moment
apprehend
that
he
could
be
the
almost
lifeless
occupant
of
that
litter
!
"
Pardon
me
,
sweet
Isabella
—
pardon
me
,
dear
Kate
—
and
you
also
,
my
devoted
friends
,
"
said
Richard
,
at
the
expiration
of
a
few
minutes
:
"
I
am
grieved
to
think
that
this
weakness
on
my
part
should
have
distressed
you
—
and
yet
I
cannot
be
altogether
ashamed
of
it
!
"
"
Ashamed
!
"
repeated
Isabella
,
tenderly
:
"
Oh
!
no
,
Richard
—
that
word
can
never
be
associated
with
act
or
feeling
on
your
part
!
For
twelve
years
you
have
been
separated
from
your
brother
—
that
last
inscription
on
his
own
tree
promises
his
return
—
and
your
generous
heart
is
the
prey
of
a
suspense
easily
aggravated
by
the
slightest
circumstance
of
apparent
ill
omen
.
"
"
You
describe
my
feelings
exactly
,
dearest
Isabel
,
"
said
Markham
,
pressing
with
the
tenderest
warmth
the
hand
of
his
lovely
young
wife
.
"
Because
I
know
your
heart
so
well
,
"
answered
the
Princess
,
with
a
sweet
smile
.
"
Let
us
not
believe
in
omens
of
an
evil
nature
,
"
said
Katherine
.
"
Some
poor
creature
has
met
with
an
accident
—
—
"
"
But
wherefore
should
the
servants
bring
him
hither
?
"
asked
Richard
.
This
question
produced
a
startling
effect
upon
all
who
heard
it
:
and
no
wonder
that
it
did
so
—
for
the
consideration
which
it
involved
had
escaped
all
attention
during
the
excitement
of
the
last
few
minutes
.
"
Oh
!
heavens
—
now
I
am
myself
alarmed
!
"
whispered
Ellen
to
Eliza
Sydney
.
"
And
yet
it
is
foolish
—
—
"
At
that
moment
the
litter
had
approached
so
near
the
brow
of
the
hill
,
that
as
Ellen
glanced
towards
it
while
she
spoke
,
her
eyes
obtained
a
full
view
of
the
countenance
of
him
who
lay
stretched
upon
that
mournful
couch
.
A
piercing
shriek
burst
from
her
lips
;
and
she
fell
back
,
as
if
suddenly
shot
through
the
heart
,
into
the
arms
of
Eliza
Sydney
.
Richard
sprang
forward
:
a
few
steps
brought
him
close
by
the
litter
,
which
the
bearers
now
placed
upon
the
ground
beneath
the
foliage
of
the
very
tree
whereon
the
inscriptions
were
engraved
!
One
look
—
one
look
was
sufficient
!
"
Eugene
—
my
brother
Eugene
!
"
exclaimed
our
hero
,
in
a
tone
of
the
most
intense
anguish
,
as
he
cast
himself
on
his
knees
by
the
side
of
the
litter
,
and
threw
his
arms
around
the
dying
man
.
"
Oh
!
my
God
—
is
it
thus
that
we
meet
?
You
are
wounded
,
my
dearest
brother
:
but
we
will
save
you
—
we
will
save
you
!
Hasten
for
a
surgeon
—
delay
not
a
moment
—
it
is
the
life
of
my
brother
which
is
at
stake
!
"
"
Your
brother
,
Richard
!
"
cried
Isabella
,
scarcely
knowing
what
she
said
in
that
moment
of
intense
excitement
and
profound
astonishment
:
"
your
brother
,
my
beloved
husband
?
Oh
!
no
—
there
is
some
dreadful
mistake
—
for
he
whom
you
thus
embraced
is
Mr.
George
Montague
Greenwood
!
"
"
Montague
—
Greenwood
!
"
ejaculated
Richard
,
starting
as
if
an
ice-bolt
had
suddenly
entered
his
heart
.
"
No
—
no
—
impossible
,
Isabella
!
Tell
me
—
Eugene
—
tell
me
—
you
cannot
be
he
of
whom
I
have
heard
so
much
?
"
"
Yes
,
Richard
—
I
am
that
villain
!
"
answered
Eugene
,
turning
his
dying
countenance
in
an
imploring
manner
towards
his
brother
.
"
But
do
not
desert
me
—
do
not
spurn
me
—
do
not
even
upbraid
me
now
!
"
"
Never
—
never
!
"
cried
the
Prince
,
again
embracing
Eugene
with
passionate
—
almost
frantic
warmth
.
"
Upbraid
you
,
my
dearest
brother
!
Oh
!
no
—
no
!
Forget
the
past
,
Eugene
—
let
it
be
buried
in
oblivion
.
And
look
up
,
my
dear
—
dear
brother
:
they
are
all
kind
faces
which
surround
you
!
Here
is
Katherine
—
our
sister
,
Eugene
—
yes
,
our
sister
—
—
"
"
I
am
acquainted
with
all
that
concerns
her
,
Richard
,
"
said
Eugene
.
"
Come
to
my
arms
,
Katherine
—
embrace
me
,
my
sweet
sister
;
—
and
say
—
can
you
also
forgive
a
brother
who
has
done
so
much
ill
in
the
world
,
and
whose
name
is
covered
with
infamy
?
"
"
Speak
not
thus
,
my
dearest
Eugene
!
"
cried
Kate
,
also
falling
on
her
knees
by
the
side
of
her
brother
,
and
embracing
him
tenderly
.
"
And
you
,
too
,
Isabella
—
for
you
also
are
my
sister
now
,
"
continued
Eugene
,
extending
his
hand
towards
her
:
"
do
you
pardon
him
who
once
inflicted
so
much
injury
upon
your
father
?
"
"
You
are
my
husband
's
brother
—
and
you
are
therefore
mine
,
Eugene
,
"
answered
the
Princess
,
tears
trickling
down
her
countenance
.
"
None
but
affectionate
relatives
and
kind
friends
now
surround
you
;
and
your
restoration
to
health
shall
be
our
earnest
care
!
"
"
Alas
!
there
is
no
hope
of
recovery
!
"
murmured
Eugene
.
"
Yes
—
there
is
hope
,
my
dearest
husband
!
"
exclaimed
Ellen
,
who
,
having
regained
her
consciousness
through
the
kind
attentions
of
Eliza
Sydney
,
now
flew
to
the
litter
.
"
Your
husband
,
Ellen
!
"
cried
Mr.
Monroe
and
Richard
as
it
were
in
the
same
breath
.
"
Yes
—
Eugene
is
my
husband
—
my
own
,
much-loved
husband
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
:
"
and
now
you
can
divine
the
cause
which
led
to
the
maintenance
of
that
secret
until
this
day
!
"
"
And
you
,
Mr.
Monroe
,
"
said
Eugene
,
a
transient
fire
animating
his
eyes
,
as
he
clasped
Ellen
in
his
arms
,
"
may
be
proud
of
your
daughter
—
you
also
,
Richard
,
may
glory
in
her
as
a
sister
—
for
she
has
taught
me
to
repent
of
my
past
errors
—
she
has
led
me
to
admire
and
worship
the
noble
character
of
Woman
!
But
our
child
,
Ellen
—
where
is
my
boy
—
my
darling
Richard
?
"
"
We
will
remove
you
into
the
house
,
Eugene
,
"
said
his
wife
,
bending
over
the
litter
with
the
tenderest
solicitude
;
"
and
there
you
shall
embrace
your
boy
!
"
"
No
—
no
—
leave
me
here
!
"
exclaimed
her
husband
:
"
it
is
so
sweet
to
lie
beneath
the
foliage
of
this
tree
which
bears
my
own
name
,
and
reminds
me
of
my
youthful
days
,
—
surrounded
,
too
,
by
so
many
dear
relatives
and
kind
friends
!
"
"
Amongst
the
latter
of
whom
you
must
now
reckon
me
,
"
said
Eliza
Sydney
,
approaching
the
couch
,
and
extending
her
hand
to
Eugene
,
who
wrung
it
cordially
.
"
Hush
!
"
added
Eliza
,
perceiving
that
he
was
about
to
address
her
:
"
no
reference
to
the
past
!
All
that
is
unpleasant
is
forgotten
:
—
a
happy
future
is
before
us
!
"
"
Admirable
woman
!
"
cried
Eugene
,
overpowered
by
so
many
manifestations
of
forgiveness
,
affection
,
and
sympathy
as
he
had
received
within
the
last
few
minutes
.
Mario
Bazzano
was
then
presented
to
his
brother-in-law
.
"
May
God
bless
your
union
with
my
sister
!
"
said
Eugene
,
in
a
solemn
tone
.
"
For
a
long
time
I
have
known
that
I
possessed
a
sister
—
and
much
have
I
desired
to
see
her
.
Richard
,
be
not
angry
with
me
when
I
inform
you
that
I
was
in
a
room
adjacent
to
that
apartment
wherein
the
explanations
relative
to
Katherine
's
birth
took
place
between
yourself
and
the
Marquis
of
Holmesford
;
—
be
not
angry
with
me
,
I
say
,
that
I
did
not
discover
myself
,
and
rush
into
your
arms
,
—
but
I
was
then
the
victim
of
an
insatiable
ambition
!
Do
not
interrupt
me
—
I
have
much
to
say
.
Let
some
one
hasten
to
fetch
my
child
;
and
do
you
all
gather
round
me
,
to
hear
my
last
words
!
"
"
Your
last
words
!
"
shrieked
Ellen
:
"
Oh
!
no
—
you
must
recover
!
"
"
Yes
—
with
care
and
attention
,
dearest
Eugene
,
"
said
Richard
,
his
eyes
dimmed
with
tears
,
"
you
shall
be
restored
to
us
.
"
Katherine
and
Isabella
also
wept
abundantly
.
A
servant
had
already
departed
to
fetch
a
surgeon
:
a
second
was
now
despatched
to
the
house
for
the
little
Richard
and
the
young
Prince
Alberto
.
It
was
at
length
Whittingham
's
turn
to
go
forward
;
and
,
whimpering
like
a
child
,
he
pressed
Eugene
's
hand
warmly
in
his
own
.
The
old
man
was
unable
to
speak
—
his
voice
was
choked
with
emotion
;
but
Eugene
recognised
him
,
and
acknowledged
his
faithful
attachment
with
a
few
kind
words
which
only
increased
the
butler
's
grief
.
"
Listen
to
me
for
a
few
minutes
,
my
dearest
relatives
—
my
kindest
friends
,
"
said
Eugene
,
after
a
brief
pause
.
"
I
feel
that
I
am
dying
—
I
have
met
my
fate
at
the
hands
of
the
villanous
Lafleur
,
who
plundered
me
more
than
two
years
and
a
half
ago
,
and
whom
I
encountered
ere
now
in
my
way
hither
.
Alas
!
I
have
pursued
a
strange
career
—
a
career
of
selfishness
and
crime
,
sacrificing
every
consideration
and
every
individual
to
my
own
purposes
—
raising
at
one
time
a
colossal
fortune
upon
the
ruin
of
thousands
!
I
was
long
buoyed
up
by
the
hope
of
making
myself
a
great
name
in
the
world
,
alike
famous
for
wealth
and
rank
,
—
that
I
might
convince
you
,
my
brother
,
how
a
man
of
talent
could
carve
out
his
way
without
friends
,
and
without
capital
at
the
beginning
!
But
,
alas
!
I
have
for
some
months
been
convinced
—
thanks
to
the
affectionate
reasoning
of
that
angel
Ellen
,
and
to
the
contemplation
of
your
example
,
Richard
,
even
from
a
distance
—
that
talent
will
not
maintain
prosperity
for
ever
,
unless
it
be
allied
to
virtue
!
And
let
me
observe
,
Richard
—
as
God
is
my
witness
!
—
that
with
all
my
selfishness
I
never
sought
to
injure
you
!
When
you
were
ruined
by
the
speculations
of
Allen
,
I
knew
not
that
it
was
your
wealth
of
which
I
was
plundering
him
:
I
had
not
the
least
suspicion
that
Mr.
Monroe
was
even
acquainted
with
that
man
!
The
truth
was
revealed
to
me
one
day
at
the
dwelling
of
Isabella
's
parents
:
and
heaven
knows
how
deeply
I
felt
the
villany
of
my
conduct
,
which
had
robbed
you
!
Do
not
interrupt
me
—
I
conjure
you
to
allow
me
to
proceed
!
Many
and
many
a
time
did
I
yearn
to
hasten
to
your
assistance
when
misfortune
first
overtook
you
,
Richard
:
—
but
,
no
—
the
appointment
had
been
made
for
a
certain
day
—
and
I
even
felt
a
secret
pleasure
to
think
that
you
might
probably
be
reduced
to
the
lowest
state
of
penury
,
from
which
in
one
moment
,
when
that
day
should
come
,
I
might
elevate
you
to
an
enjoyment
of
the
half
of
my
fortune
!
But
that
I
have
ever
loved
you
,
Richard
,
those
inscriptions
on
the
tree
will
prove
;
and
,
moreover
,
I
once
penetrated
into
the
home
of
our
forefathers
—
the
study-window
was
not
fastened
—
I
effected
an
entrance
—
I
sought
your
chamber
—
I
saw
you
sleeping
in
your
bed
—
—
"
"
Oh
!
then
it
was
not
a
dream
!
"
exclaimed
Richard
.
"
Dearest
Eugene
,
say
no
more
—
we
require
no
explanations
—
no
apology
for
the
past
!
Here
is
your
child
,
Eugene
—
and
mine
also
:
your
son
and
your
little
nephew
are
by
your
side
!
"
Eugene
raised
himself
,
by
Ellen
's
aid
,
upon
the
litter
,
and
embraced
the
two
children
with
the
most
unfeigned
tenderness
.
For
a
few
moments
he
gazed
earnestly
upon
their
innocent
countenances
:
then
,
yielding
to
a
sudden
impulse
,
as
the
incidents
of
his
own
career
swept
through
his
memory
,
he
exclaimed
,
"
God
grant
that
they
prove
more
worthy
of
the
name
of
Markham
than
I
!
"
Richard
and
Ellen
implored
him
not
to
give
way
to
bitter
reflections
for
the
past
.
"
Alas
!
such
counsel
is
offered
as
vainly
as
it
is
kindly
meant
!
"
murmured
Eugene
.
"
My
life
has
been
tainted
with
many
misdeeds
—
and
not
the
least
was
my
black
infamy
towards
that
excellent
man
,
who
afterwards
became
your
friend
,
Richard
—
I
mean
Thomas
Armstrong
!
"
"
He
forgave
you
—
he
forgave
you
,
Eugene
!
"
exclaimed
the
Prince
.
"
Ellen
has
informed
me
that
you
have
in
your
possession
a
paper
which
he
gave
you
on
his
death-bed
—
—
"
"
And
which
is
to
be
opened
this
day
,
"
added
Richard
.
Then
,
drawing
forth
the
document
,
he
broke
the
seal
.
A
letter
fell
upon
the
ground
.
"
Read
it
,
"
said
Eugene
:
"
all
that
concerns
you
is
deeply
interesting
to
me
.
"
The
Prince
complied
with
his
brother
's
request
,
and
read
the
letter
aloud
.
Its
contents
were
as
follow
:
—
"
I
have
studied
human
nature
to
little
purpose
,
and
contemplated
the
phases
of
the
human
character
with
small
avail
,
if
I
err
in
the
prediction
which
I
am
now
about
to
record
.
"
Richard
,
you
will
become
a
great
man
—
as
you
are
now
a
good
one
.
"
Should
necessity
compel
you
to
open
this
document
at
any
time
previously
to
the
10th
of
July
,
1843
,
receive
the
fortune
to
which
it
refers
as
an
encouragement
to
persevere
in
honourable
pursuits
.
But
should
you
not
read
these
words
until
the
day
named
,
my
hope
and
belief
are
that
you
will
be
placed
,
by
your
own
exertions
,
far
beyond
the
want
of
that
sum
which
,
in
either
case
,
is
bequeathed
to
you
as
a
testimonial
of
my
sincerest
regard
and
esteem
.
"
Signor
Viviani
,
banker
at
Pinalla
,
in
the
State
of
Castelcicala
,
or
his
agents
,
Messrs.
Glyn
and
Co.
,
bankers
,
London
,
will
pay
over
to
you
,
on
presentation
of
this
letter
,
the
sum
of
seventy-five
thousand
pounds
,
with
all
interest
,
simple
and
compound
,
accruing
thereto
since
the
month
of
July
,
1839
,
at
which
period
I
placed
that
amount
in
the
hands
of
Signor
Viviani
.
"
One
word
more
,
my
dear
young
friend
.
Should
you
ever
encounter
an
individual
who
speaks
ill
of
the
memory
of
Thomas
Armstrong
,
say
to
him
,
'
He
forgave
his
enemies
!
'
And
should
you
ever
meet
one
who
has
injured
me
,
say
to
him
,
'
In
the
name
of
Thomas
Armstrong
I
forgive
you
.
'
"
Be
happy
,
my
dear
young
friend
—
be
happy
!
"
THOMAS
ARMSTRONG
.
"
It
would
be
impossible
to
describe
the
emotions
awakened
in
the
breast
of
all
those
who
heard
the
contents
of
this
letter
.
"
Now
,
my
dearest
brother
,
"
exclaimed
Richard
,
after
a
brief
pause
,
"
in
the
name
of
Thomas
Armstrong
,
you
are
forgiven
the
injury
which
you
did
to
him
!
"
"
Thank
you
,
dear
brother
,
for
that
assurance
:
it
relieves
my
mind
of
a
heavy
load
!
And
,
Richard
,
"
continued
Eugene
,
in
a
voice
tremulous
with
emotions
and
faint
with
the
ebb
of
life
's
spirit
,
"
the
prediction
is
verified
—
you
are
a
great
man
!
The
world
is
filled
with
the
glory
of
your
name
—
and
you
are
as
good
as
you
are
great
!
The
appointment
has
been
kept
:
—
but
how
?
We
meet
beneath
the
foliage
of
the
two
trees
—
you
as
the
heir
apparent
to
a
throne
—
I
as
a
ruined
profligate
!
"
"
No
—
no
!
"
exclaimed
the
Prince
;
"
you
shall
live
to
be
rich
and
prosperous
—
—
"
Eugene
smiled
faintly
.
"
Merciful
heavens
!
he
is
dying
!
"
ejaculated
Ellen
.
And
it
was
so
!
Terrible
was
the
anguish
of
those
by
whom
he
was
surrounded
.
Mr.
Wentworth
,
the
surgeon
,
appeared
at
this
crisis
;
but
his
attentions
were
ministered
in
vain
.
Eugene
's
eyes
grew
dim
—
still
he
continued
sensible
;
and
he
knew
that
his
last
moments
were
approaching
.
Richard
—
Ellen
—
Katherine
—
Eliza
Sydney
—
the
two
children
—
Mario
Bazzano
—
Isabella
—
Mr.
Monroe
—
and
the
faithful
Whittingham
—
all
wept
bitterly
,
as
the
surgeon
shook
his
head
in
despair
!
"
My
husband
—
my
dearest
husband
!
"
screamed
Ellen
,
wildly
:
"
look
upon
me
—
look
upon
your
child
—
oh
!
my
God
—
this
day
that
was
to
have
been
so
happy
!
"
Eugene
essayed
to
speak
—
but
could
not
:
and
that
was
his
last
mortal
effort
.
In
another
moment
his
spirit
had
fled
for
ever
!
CHAPTER
CCLIX
.
CONCLUSION
.
Lafleur
was
captured
,
tried
,
and
condemned
to
transportation
for
life
,
for
the
manslaughter
of
Eugene
Markham
.
Immediately
after
the
trial
the
Prince
and
Princess
of
Montoni
,
with
the
infant
Prince
Alberto
,
and
accompanied
by
Signor
and
Signora
Bazzano
,
embarked
for
Castelcicala
in
the
Torione
steam-frigate
which
was
sent
to
convey
them
thither
.
We
need
scarcely
say
that
the
faithful
Whittingham
was
in
our
hero
's
suite
.
Eliza
Sydney
continues
to
reside
at
her
beautiful
villa
near
Upper
Clapton
;
and
her
charitable
disposition
,
her
amiable
manners
,
and
her
exemplary
mode
of
life
render
her
the
admiration
and
pride
of
the
entire
neighbourhood
.
The
Earl
of
Warrington
and
Diana
dwell
in
comparative
seclusion
,
but
in
perfect
happiness
,
and
have
never
once
regretted
the
day
when
they
accompanied
each
other
to
the
altar
.
King
Zingary
departed
this
life
about
six
months
ago
;
and
Morcar
is
now
the
sovereign
of
the
Gipsy
tribe
in
these
realms
.
He
has
already
begun
strenuously
to
exert
himself
in
the
improvement
of
the
moral
character
of
his
people
;
and
though
he
finds
the
materials
on
which
he
labours
to
make
an
impression
somewhat
stubborn
,
he
has
declared
his
intention
of
persevering
in
his
good
work
.
His
wife
Eva
constantly
wears
round
her
neck
the
gold
chain
which
Isabella
sent
her
;
and
night
and
morning
the
son
of
these
good
people
is
taught
to
kneel
down
and
pray
for
the
continued
prosperity
and
happiness
of
the
Prince
and
Princess
of
Montoni
.
Pocock
has
remained
an
honest
,
industrious
,
and
worthy
man
.
He
has
now
a
good
establishment
in
one
of
the
most
business-streets
of
the
City
,
employs
many
hands
,
and
has
purchased
some
nice
little
freehold
property
in
the
neighbourhood
of
Holloway
—
in
order
,
as
he
says
,
that
he
may
have
an
occasional
excuse
for
taking
a
walk
round
the
mansion
which
bears
the
name
of
him
whom
he
extols
as
his
saviour
—
his
benefactor
!
And
that
mansion
—
to
whom
does
it
now
belong
?
It
is
the
property
of
Mr.
Monroe
,
and
will
become
Ellen
's
at
his
death
:
but
the
old
man
is
still
strong
and
hearty
;
and
every
fine
afternoon
he
may
be
seen
walking
through
the
grounds
,
leaning
upon
the
arm
of
his
daughter
or
of
Eliza
Sydney
,
who
is
a
frequent
visitor
at
the
Place
.
Ellen
is
beautiful
as
ever
,
and
might
doubtless
marry
well
,
did
she
choose
to
seek
society
:
but
she
has
vowed
to
remain
single
for
the
sake
of
her
child
,
who
is
now
a
blooming
boy
,
and
whom
she
rears
with
the
fond
hope
that
he
will
prove
worthy
of
the
name
that
he
bears
—
the
name
of
his
uncle
,
Richard
Markham
.
Skilligalee
and
the
Rattlesnake
,
long
since
united
in
matrimonial
bonds
,
are
leading
a
comfortable
and
steady
life
in
Hoxton
,
the
business
of
their
little
shop
producing
them
not
only
a
sufficiency
for
the
present
,
but
also
the
wherewith
to
create
a
provision
for
their
old
age
.
Crankey
Jem
called
upon
them
on
the
evening
following
the
death
of
the
Resurrection
Man
,
and
acquainted
them
with
the
event
.
From
that
moment
nothing
positive
has
ever
been
heard
of
James
Cuffin
;
but
it
is
supposed
that
he
embarked
as
a
common
sailor
in
some
ship
bound
for
a
long
voyage
.
Henry
Holford
remains
a
prisoner
in
Bethlem
Hospital
.
He
is
in
the
full
and
unimpaired
possession
of
his
intellects
,
but
has
often
and
bitterly
cursed
the
day
when
he
listened
to
the
whispering
voice
of
his
morbid
ambition
.
Albert
Egerton
has
already
become
a
wealthy
merchant
,
possessing
an
establishment
at
Montoni
and
one
in
London
;
and
,
when
sojourning
at
the
former
,
he
receives
frequent
invitations
to
dine
at
the
Palace
.
Lord
Dunstable
has
retrieved
the
errors
of
his
earlier
years
by
an
unwearied
course
of
honourable
and
upright
conduct
,
steadfastly
pursued
from
the
moment
when
he
declared
himself
to
have
been
touched
by
the
words
of
the
Prince
of
Montoni
on
the
occasion
of
the
exposure
in
Stratton
Street
.
Colonel
Cholmondeley
,
Sir
Rupert
Harborough
,
and
Mr.
Chichester
are
undergoing
a
sentence
of
ten
years
'
condemnation
to
the
galleys
at
Brest
,
for
having
attempted
to
pass
forged
Bank
of
England
notes
at
a
money-changer
's
shop
in
Paris
.
Major
Anderson
continues
to
live
honourably
and
comfortably
upon
a
pension
allowed
him
by
the
Prince
.
Mrs.
Chichester
removed
about
two
years
ago
to
a
pleasant
cottage
in
Wales
,
where
she
dwells
in
the
tranquil
seclusion
suitable
to
her
taste
.
Filippo
Dorsenni
has
opened
an
extensive
hotel
for
foreigners
at
the
West
End
of
the
town
,
and
is
happy
in
the
prosperity
of
his
business
.
Lady
Bounce
was
compelled
to
sue
for
a
separate
maintenance
about
eighteen
months
ago
,
on
the
ground
of
cruelty
and
ill-treatment
;
and
in
this
suit
she
succeeded
.
Sir
Cherry
and
Major
Dapper
continue
as
intimate
as
ever
,
and
pursue
pretty
well
the
same
unprofitable
career
as
we
have
hitherto
seen
them
following
.
Mr.
Banks
,
the
undertaker
of
Globe
Lane
,
carried
his
economic
principles
to
such
an
extent
that
he
fell
into
the
habit
of
purchasing
cloth
to
cover
his
coffins
at
a
rate
which
certainly
defied
competition
;
but
a
quantity
of
that
material
having
been
missed
from
a
warehouse
in
the
City
and
traced
to
his
establishment
,
he
was
compelled
,
although
much
against
his
inclination
,
to
accompany
an
officer
to
Worship
Street
,
where
the
porter
belonging
to
the
aforesaid
warehouse
was
already
in
the
dock
on
a
charge
of
stealing
the
lost
property
.
Vain
was
it
that
Mr.
Banks
endeavoured
to
impress
upon
the
magistrate
's
mind
the
fact
that
he
was
as
"
pious
and
savoury
a
old
wessel
as
ever
made
a
coffin
on
economic
principles
:
"
the
case
was
referred
to
the
learned
Recorder
at
the
Old
Bailey
for
farther
investigation
;
and
one
fine
morning
Mr.
Banks
found
himself
sentenced
to
two
years
'
imprisonment
in
the
Compter
for
receiving
goods
knowing
them
to
have
been
stolen
.
Concerning
Tomlinson
and
old
Michael
Martin
,
we
have
been
unable
to
glean
any
tidings
:
but
in
respect
to
Robert
Stephens
,
we
have
reason
to
believe
that
he
manages
to
obtain
a
livelihood
,
under
a
feigned
name
,
in
a
counting-house
at
New
York
.
John
Smithers
,
better
known
to
our
readers
as
Gibbet
,
is
the
wealthiest
inhabitant
of
a
new
town
that
has
risen
within
these
last
three
years
in
the
valley
of
the
Ohio
;
and
in
a
recent
letter
to
the
Prince
of
Montoni
he
declares
that
he
is
happier
than
he
ever
thought
he
could
become
.
EPILOGUE
.
'
Tis
done
:
Virtue
is
rewarded
—
Vice
has
received
its
punishment
.
Said
we
not
,
in
the
very
opening
of
this
work
,
that
from
London
branched
off
two
roads
,
leading
to
two
points
totally
distinct
the
one
from
the
other
?
Have
we
not
shown
how
the
one
winds
its
tortuous
way
through
all
the
noisome
dens
of
crime
,
chicanery
,
dissipation
,
and
voluptuousness
;
and
how
the
other
meanders
amidst
rugged
rocks
and
wearisome
acclivities
,
but
having
on
its
way-side
the
resting-places
of
rectitude
and
virtue
?
The
youths
who
set
out
along
those
roads
,
—
the
elder
pursuing
the
former
path
,
the
younger
the
latter
,
—
have
fulfilled
the
destinies
to
which
their
separate
ways
conducted
them
.
The
one
sleeps
in
an
early
grave
:
the
other
is
the
heir-apparent
to
a
throne
.
Yes
:
and
the
prophetic
words
of
the
hapless
Mary-Anne
are
fulfilled
to
the
letter
;
for
now
in
their
palace
at
Montoni
,
do
the
hero
and
heroine
of
our
tale
,
while
retrospecting
over
all
they
have
seen
and
all
they
have
passed
through
,
devote
many
a
kind
regret
to
the
memory
of
the
departed
girl
who
predicted
for
them
all
the
happiness
which
they
enjoy
!
And
that
happiness
—
the
world
has
seen
no
felicity
more
perfect
.
Adored
by
a
tender
wife
,
—
honoured
by
her
parents
,
on
whose
brows
his
valour
placed
the
diadems
which
they
wear
,
—
and
almost
worshipped
by
a
grateful
nation
whom
his
prowess
redeemed
from
slavery
,
—
Richard
Markham
knows
not
a
single
care
.
On
her
side
,
—
wedded
to
him
to
whom
her
young
heart
gave
its
virgin
love
,
—
proud
of
a
husband
whose
virtues
in
peace
and
whose
glory
in
war
have
shed
undying
lustre
on
the
name
which
he
bears
,
—
blessed
,
too
,
with
a
lovely
boy
,
whose
mind
already
develops
the
reflections
of
his
father
's
splendid
qualities
,
and
with
a
charming
girl
,
who
promises
to
be
the
heiress
of
the
mother
's
beauty
,
—
can
Isabella
be
otherwise
than
happy
?
Kind
Reader
,
who
have
borne
with
me
so
long
—
one
word
to
thee
.
If
amongst
the
circle
of
thy
friends
,
there
be
any
who
express
an
aversion
to
peruse
this
work
,
—
fearful
from
its
title
or
from
fugitive
report
that
the
mind
will
be
shocked
more
than
it
can
be
improved
,
or
the
blush
of
shame
excited
on
the
cheek
oftener
than
the
tear
of
sympathy
will
be
drawn
from
the
eye
;
—
if
,
in
a
word
,
a
false
fastidiousness
should
prejudge
,
from
its
own
supposition
or
from
misrepresentations
made
to
it
by
others
,
a
book
by
means
of
which
we
have
sought
to
convey
many
an
useful
moral
and
lash
many
a
flagrant
abuse
,
—
do
you
,
kind
reader
,
oppose
that
prejudice
,
and
exclaim
—
"
Peruse
,
ere
you
condemn
!
"
For
if
,
on
the
one
side
,
we
have
raked
amidst
the
filth
and
loathsomeness
of
society
,
—
have
we
not
,
on
the
other
,
devoted
adequate
attention
to
its
bright
and
glorious
phases
?
In
exposing
the
hideous
deformity
of
vice
,
have
we
not
studied
to
develope
the
witching
beauty
of
virtue
?
Have
we
not
taught
,
in
fine
,
how
the
example
and
the
philanthropy
of
one
good
man
can
"
save
more
souls
and
redeem
more
sinners
than
all
the
Bishops
that
ever
wore
lawn-sleeves
?
"
If
,
then
,
the
preceding
pages
be
calculated
to
engender
one
useful
thought
—
awaken
one
beneficial
sentiment
,
—
the
work
is
not
without
its
value
.
If
there
be
any
merit
in
honesty
of
purpose
and
integrity
of
aim
,
—
then
is
that
merit
ours
.
And
if
,
in
addition
to
considerations
of
this
nature
,
we
may
presume
that
so
long
as
we
are
enabled
to
afford
entertainment
,
our
labours
will
be
rewarded
by
the
approval
of
the
immense
audience
to
whom
we
address
ourselves
,
—
we
may
with
confidence
invite
attention
to
a
Second
Series
of
"
The
Mysteries
of
London
.
"
GEORGE
W
.
M
.
REYNOLDS
.
THE
END
OF
THE
FIRST
SERIES
.
London
:
—
J
.
J
.
Wilkinson
,
Printer
,
"
Bonner
House
,
"
Seacoal
Lane
.
Booty
,
plunder
.
Secured
.
White
Upper
Coat
:
synonymous
with
"
White
Poodle
.
"
Handkerchief
.
Pocket
.
Strip
.
Pawn
the
coat
.
Gin
.
Stomach
.
Head
.
Judges
.
Transported
.
Barrister
.
Teeth
.
A
thief
who
sneaks
down
areas
to
see
what
he
can
steal
In
kitchens
.
Prison
.
Burglary
.
West-street
,
Smithfield
.
Gave
him
a
share
.
Informer
.
Turnkey
.
The
Hulks
.
Waistcoat-pocket
.
Hands
.
Stealing
a
lady
's
reticule
from
her
pretty
arm
.
The
Burglar
.
Public-house
.
Gunpowder
.
A
companion
.
Chaplain
.
The
Gallows
.
Passing
forged
notes
.
Friends
.
Informed
.
Sixpence
.
Bad
Meat
.
Dark
lantern
.
Implements
used
by
burglars
.
Receiver
of
Stolen
Goods
.
Swell-mobites
.
Swell-mobites
who
affect
to
be
dissenting
ministers
,
and
preach
in
the
open
air
in
order
to
collect
crowds
,
upon
whose
pockets
their
confederates
work
.
Common
thieves
.
Thieves
who
steal
pocket-handkerchiefs
.
Swell-mobites
,
who
steal
from
the
compters
in
shops
,
while
their
confederates
make
some
trifling
purchase
.
These
thieves
often
contrive
to
empty
the
till
.
Persons
who
pass
false
money
.
Persons
who
pass
forged
bank-notes
at
races
,
fairs
,
etc.
Common
Cheats
.
Gentlemanly
—
agreeable
.
Hands
.
Hanging
.
Inform
,
give
warning
.
Sovereigns
.
Flash
houses
.
A
thief
who
frequents
theatres
.
Pulpit
A
Jew
fence
:
a
receiver
of
stolen
goods
.
1s
.
6d
.
The
drop
.
A
watch
seal
.
Served
to
deceive
the
unwary
.
Pocket
book
.
Watch
.
Jack
Ketch
.
Utterer
of
false
sovereigns
.
A
convict
returned
from
transportation
before
his
time
.
Hanged
.
A
juvenile
thief
.
Privately
whipped
in
prison
.
This
song
is
entirely
original
.
Burst
it
open
.
Surgeon
.
The
author
begs
it
to
be
fully
understood
that
his
own
sentiments
relative
to
courts
and
court
etiquette
,
etc.
,
must
not
be
identified
with
the
opinions
of
these
ladles
who
are
now
conversing
together
.
Four-penny
piece
.
"
We
have
not
gone
to
bed
.
"
The
causes
which
produce
prostitution
are
as
follows
:
I
.
Natural
causes
:
—
1.
Licentiousness
of
inclination
.
2.
Irritability
of
temper
.
3.
Pride
and
love
of
dress
.
4.
Dishonesty
,
and
desire
of
property
.
5.
Indolence
.
II
.
Accidental
causes
:
—
1.
Seduction
.
2.
Inconsiderate
and
ill-sorted
marriages
.
3.
Inadequate
remuneration
for
female
work
.
4.
Want
of
employment
.
5.
Intemperance
.
6.
Poverty
.
7.
Want
of
proper
looking
after
their
servants
on
the
part
of
masters
and
mistresses
.
8.
Ignorance
.
9.
Bad
example
of
parents
.
10.
Harsh
and
unkind
treatment
by
parents
and
other
relations
.
11.
Attendance
on
evening
dancing
schools
,
and
dancing
parties
.
12.
Theatre
going
.
13.
The
publication
of
improper
works
,
and
obscene
prints
.
14.
The
countenance
and
reward
given
to
vice
.
15.
The
small
encouragement
given
to
virtue
.
The
proportions
amongst
those
females
who
have
deviated
from
the
path
of
virtue
may
be
quoted
as
follows
:
—
1.
One-fourth
from
being
servants
in
taverns
and
public-houses
,
where
they
have
been
seduced
by
men
frequenting
these
places
of
dissipation
and
temptation
.
2.
One-fourth
from
the
intermixture
of
the
sexes
in
factories
,
and
those
employed
in
workhouses
,
shops
,
etc.
3.
One-fourth
by
procuresses
,
or
females
who
visit
country
towns
,
markets
,
and
places
of
worship
,
for
the
purpose
of
decoying
good-looking
girls
of
all
classes
.
4.
One-fourth
may
be
divided
into
four
classes
:
—
1.
Such
as
being
indolent
,
or
possessing
bad
tempers
,
leave
their
situations
.
2.
Those
who
are
driven
to
that
awful
course
by
young
men
making
false
promises
.
3.
Children
who
have
been
urged
by
their
mothers
to
become
prostitutes
for
a
livelihood
.
4.
Daughters
of
clergymen
,
half-pay
officers
,
etc.
,
who
are
left
portionless
orphans
.
"
The
process
of
parliamentary
reporting
,
and
the
qualifications
of
those
by
whom
the
task
is
performed
,
cannot
be
adequately
described
within
the
narrow
limits
of
this
article
;
but
it
is
hoped
that
the
reader
may
be
enabled
to
form
some
idea
of
both
from
the
following
brief
outline
.
Every
publication
not
copying
from
,
or
abridging
any
other
,
but
giving
original
reports
,
keeps
one
of
a
series
of
reporters
constantly
in
the
gallery
of
the
lords
,
and
another
in
the
commons
.
These
,
like
sentinels
,
are
at
stated
periods
relieved
by
their
colleagues
,
when
they
take
advantage
of
the
interval
to
transcribe
their
notes
,
in
order
to
be
ready
again
to
resume
the
duty
of
note-taking
,
and
afterwards
that
of
transcription
for
the
press
.
A
succession
of
reporters
for
each
establishment
is
thus
maintained
;
and
the
process
of
writing
from
their
notes
is
never
interrupted
until
an
account
of
the
whole
debates
of
the
evening
has
been
committed
to
the
hands
of
the
primer
.
There
are
only
seven
publications
for
which
a
reporter
is
constantly
in
attendance
;
and
these
include
the
London
morning
papers
,
from
which
all
others
that
give
debates
are
under
the
necessity
of
copying
or
abridging
them
.
The
number
of
reporters
maintained
by
each
varies
from
ten
or
eleven
to
seventeen
or
eighteen
.
They
are
for
the
most
part
gentlemen
of
liberal
education
—
many
have
graduated
at
the
Universities
of
Oxford
,
Cambridge
,
Edinburgh
,
Glasgow
,
or
Dublin
;
and
they
must
all
possess
a
competent
knowledge
of
the
multifarious
subjects
which
come
under
the
consideration
of
Parliament
.
The
expedition
and
ability
with
which
their
duties
are
performed
must
be
admitted
by
every
one
who
attends
a
debate
and
afterwards
reads
a
newspaper
,
while
the
correctness
and
rapidity
with
which
their
manuscript
is
put
in
type
and
printed
,
has
long
been
a
subject
of
surprise
and
admiration
.
"
—
The
Parliamentary
Companion
.
Commencement
of
Book
V.
The
French
terms
for
the
various
steps
and
features
of
the
ballet-dance
are
—
jetés
,
balances
,
rondes
de
jambes
,
fouettes
,
cabrioles
,
pirouettes
sur
le
coude-pied
,
sauts
de
basques
,
pas
de
bourrés
,
and
entre-chats
à
quatre
,
à
six
,
and
à
huit
.
The
Dietary
Table
of
Clerkenwell
New
Prison
,
already
quoted
at
page
190
,
is
as
follows
:
—
It
is
too
frequently
the
habit
to
throw
the
blame
of
the
diabolical
nature
of
some
of
the
clauses
of
the
New
Poor
Law
upon
the
masters
of
workhouses
:
whereas
the
whole
vituperation
should
be
levelled
against
the
guardians
who
issue
the
dietary-tables
,
from
the
conditions
of
which
the
masters
dare
not
deviate
.
We
have
no
doubt
that
there
are
many
masters
of
workhouses
who
are
humane
and
kind-hearted
men
.
Indeed
,
having
inspected
several
of
those
establishments
for
the
purpose
of
collecting
information
to
aid
us
in
the
episode
to
which
this
note
is
appended
,
we
have
been
enabled
to
ascertain
that
such
is
really
the
fact
.
Amongst
others
,
we
must
signalize
the
Edmonton
and
Tottenham
Union
House
,
the
master
of
which
is
Mr.
Barraclough
.
This
gentleman
is
a
man
of
a
most
benevolent
heart
,
and
exerts
himself
in
every
way
to
ameliorate
the
condition
of
those
entrusted
to
his
charge
.
The
guardians
of
that
particular
Union
are
,
moreover
,
worthy
,
liberal-minded
and
considerate
men
,
who
sanction
and
encourage
Mr.
Barraclough
in
his
humane
endeavours
to
make
the
inmates
of
the
workhouse
as
little
sensible
of
their
degraded
condition
as
possible
.
Would
that
all
boards
of
guardians
merited
the
same
encomium
!
The
products
of
ordinary
combustion
are
sufficiently
poisonous
.
The
gases
produced
by
the
decomposition
of
the
dead
are
partially
soluble
in
water
;
and
a
fatty
pellicle
is
instantly
formed
in
large
quantities
.
The
wood
,
saturated
with
these
dissolved
gases
,
and
used
as
fuel
(
a
frequent
occurrence
in
poor
neighbourhoods
,
and
in
the
vicinity
of
metropolitan
grave-yards
)
,
must
diffuse
,
in
addition
to
the
exhalations
constantly
given
off
from
bodies
in
vaults
,
and
on
the
earth
's
surface
,
vast
volumes
of
gaseous
poison
.
Hence
many
of
those
maladies
whose
source
,
symptoms
,
and
principles
defy
medical
experience
either
to
explain
or
cure
.
In
case
the
reader
should
doubt
the
accuracy
of
any
of
the
statements
relative
to
the
employment
of
the
youth
of
both
sexes
in
the
English
coal-mines
,
which
he
may
find
in
this
chapter
,
we
beg
to
refer
him
to
the
"
Report
and
Appendix
to
the
Report
,
of
the
Children
's
Employment
Commission
,
presented
to
Both
Houses
of
Parliament
by
command
of
Her
Majesty
,
in
1842.
"
"
Explosions
of
carbonated
hydrogen
gas
,
which
is
usually
called
by
the
miners
'
sulphur
,
'
sometimes
prove
very
destructive
,
not
only
by
scorching
to
death
,
but
by
the
suffocation
of
foul
air
after
the
explosion
is
over
,
and
also
by
the
violence
by
which
persons
are
driven
before
it
,
or
are
smothered
by
the
ruins
thrown
down
upon
them
.
"
—
Appendix
to
First
Report
.
"
Amongst
the
children
and
young
persons
I
remarked
that
some
of
the
muscles
were
developed
to
a
degree
amounting
to
a
deformity
;
for
example
,
the
muscles
of
the
back
and
loins
stood
from
the
body
,
and
appeared
almost
like
a
rope
passing
under
the
skin
.
"
—
Report
.
See
Report
,
page
43
,
section
194.
Secured
the
money
.
Informer
—
spy
.
In
prison
.
St.
Giles
's
.
Coal-mine
.
Rum-punch
.
Wife
.
Take
something
to
drink
.
Beggar
with
Matches
.
Soldiers
.
Treasury
Smoking
a
pipe
.
Drinking
mug
.
Drinking
The
porter
.
A
thief
who
steals
damp
linen
off
the
hedges
in
the
country
.
.
Talking
—
palaver
.
"
Tollibon
"
is
the
tongue
.
.
Get
our
living
in
the
same
way
.
.
Share
the
money
.
.
Advertised
in
the
newspapers
.
.
Sovereigns
.
.
Sent
to
the
receiver
.
Silver
spoons
.
Silver
milk
jugs
or
sugar
basins
.
Persons
who
receive
and
melt
down
stolen
metal
.
Money
will
be
obtained
.
In
order
to
avoid
breaking
the
sense
of
this
song
by
a
constant
repetition
of
those
typographical
signs
which
point
a
reference
to
foot-notes
,
we
have
deemed
it
best
to
give
a
complete
glossary
:
—
Lip
us
a
chant
.
Sing
us
a
song
.
Mum
your
dubber
.
Keep
your
mouth
shut
.
My
gropus
clinks
coppers
.
My
pocket
has
got
money
in
it
.
Fake
the
rubber
.
Stand
treat
this
time
.
Noggin
of
lightning
.
Quartern
of
gin
.
Slacken
your
glib
.
Loosen
your
tongue
.
Cease
napping
the
bib
.
Leave
off
whining
.
Precious-rum
squeeze
at
the
Spell
.
Good
evening
's
work
at
the
theatre
.
Yokel
.
Countryman
.
Forks
.
Fingers
.
Rum-Tom-Pat
.
Clergyman
.
Kickseys
.
Breeches
.
Twitch
.
Silk
net
purse
.
Glims
.
Spectacles
.
Snitch
.
Nose
.
Hock-dockeys
.
Shoes
.
Gam-cases
.
Stockings
.
Parish
prig
.
Parson
.
Nib-cove
.
Gentleman
.
Chanting
the
play
.
Explaining
the
tricks
and
manœuvres
of
thieves
.
Shov
'd
my
trunk
.
Moved
off
.
Gay-tyke-boy
.
Dog-fancier
.
Chirp
.
Give
information
.
Spelt
in
the
leer
.
Advertised
in
the
newspaper
.
Leg-glazier
.
A
thief
who
carries
the
apparatus
of
a
glazier
,
and
calls
at
houses
when
he
knows
the
master
and
mistress
are
out
,
telling
the
servant
that
he
has
been
sent
to
clean
and
mend
the
windows
.
By
these
means
he
obtains
admission
,
and
plunders
the
house
of
any
thing
which
he
can
conveniently
carry
off
.
Fadger
.
Glazier
's
frame
.
Squibs
.
Paint
brushes
.
Nibsomest
cribs
.
Best
houses
.
Blue-bottles
.
Police
.
Flue
flaker
.
Chimney-sweeper
.
Slavey
.
Female
servant
.
Flag
.
Fourpenny-piece
.
Fly
the
blue-pigeon
.
Cut
the
lead
off
the
roof
.
Bank
the
rag
.
Make
some
money
.
Mabber
.
Cab-driver
.
Dose
the
swell
fred
.
Inveigle
the
fare
into
a
public-house
and
hocus
him
.
Vamper
.
A
fellow
who
frequents
public-houses
,
where
he
picks
a
quarrel
with
any
person
who
has
got
a
ring
or
a
watch
about
him
,
his
object
being
to
lead
the
person
into
a
pugilistic
encounter
,
so
as
to
afford
the
vamper
's
confederate
,
or
pal
,
the
opportunity
of
robbing
him
.
Mill
for
a
ned
.
Fight
for
a
sovereign
.
Gams
.
Legs
.
Ticker
.
Watch
.
Flamms
.
Rings
.
Swell-street
.
The
West
End
.
Mounseer-fak
'd
calp
.
A
hat
of
French
manufacture
.
Strummel
.
Hair
.
Heater-cases
.
Wellington
boots
.
Lully
.
Shirt
.
Upper
ben
.
Coat
.
Rain-napper
.
Umbrella
.
Gold-headed
dick
.
Riding-whip
.
River-tick
.
Tradesmen
's
books
.
Box
of
the
stone-jug
.
Cell
in
Newgate
.
Hobbled
.
Committed
for
trial
.
Macing
.
Swindling
.
'
Twill
prove
but
a
debt
.
Swindlers
of
this
class
usually
arrange
their
business
in
such
a
manner
as
to
escape
a
conviction
on
the
plea
that
the
business
is
a
mere
matter
of
debt
.
In
order
to
induce
the
jury
to
come
to
this
decision
,
recourse
is
had
to
the
assistance
of
pals
,
who
depose
to
conversations
which
they
pretended
to
overhear
between
the
prosecuting
tradesman
and
the
swindling
prisoner
,
but
which
in
reality
never
took
place
.
Pass
fictitious
Bank-Notes
.
Handkerchief
.
The
Hulks
.
Transports
.
Pulpit
.
Preach
.
This
episode
is
founded
on
fact
.
The
newspapers
of
1840
,
or
1841
,
will
in
this
instance
furnish
the
type
of
Mr.
Robert
Cuffin
in
the
person
of
a
certain
Reverend
who
obtained
much
notoriety
at
Rickmansworth
.
Londoners
.
Countrymen
.
Fact
.
Fact
.
The
tread-mill
.
This
Act
was
denounced
at
the
time
as
"
one
calculated
only
to
encourage
fornication
and
adultery
in
the
descendants
of
George
the
Second
.
"
Now
Duchess
of
Inverness
.
The
family
name
of
the
Earl
of
Malmsbury
.
We
had
the
honour
of
enjoying
the
friendship
of
Sir
Sydney
Smith
in
Paris
during
the
years
1834-7
;
and
the
misfortunes
of
Queen
Caroline
frequently
became
the
topic
of
discourse
between
us
.
Sir
Sydney
Smith
assured
us
on
several
occasions
and
in
the
most
solemn
manner
,
that
the
reports
which
had
been
circulated
relative
to
himself
and
that
injured
lady
,
during
her
residence
at
Blackheath
,
were
vile
calumnies
.
"
Queen
Caroline
had
certainly
much
levity
of
manner
,
and
was
very
thoughtless
and
inexperienced
,
"
he
would
observe
;
"
but
her
virtue
was
never
for
a
moment
suspected
by
me
.
"
The
following
passage
occurs
in
a
letter
which
Queen
Caroline
wrote
to
the
Countess
de
C
—
—
,
shortly
before
the
commencement
of
the
Trial
,
and
which
autograph
letter
(
together
with
numerous
important
papers
concerning
George
the
Third
and
his
family
)
is
in
our
possession
:
—
"
This
letter
will
be
delivered
to
you
by
an
individual
who
is
persecuted
because
he
has
served
me
faithfully
.
I
recommend
him
to
your
kindness
.
The
Baron
Bergami
is
of
high
birth
.
He
has
been
unfortunate
:
I
perceived
the
excellence
of
the
qualities
he
possesses
—
I
have
ameliorated
his
condition
in
a
pecuniary
point
of
view
—
and
thus
have
I
secured
him
as
my
friend
.
The
fury
of
my
adversaries
pursues
him
—
I
tremble
for
his
very
existence
—
my
royal
husband
is
capable
of
any
crime
to
ensure
the
gratification
of
his
revenge
.
I
therefore
crave
your
protection
for
Bergami
,
and
hope
that
by
your
influence
you
will
so
arrange
matters
that
he
shall
not
be
molested
in
Paris
.
I
do
not
ask
you
to
admit
him
into
your
society
,
unless
agreeable
to
yourself
;
at
the
same
time
,
my
dear
Countess
,
you
must
be
aware
that
pride
is
folly
.
We
must
judge
mankind
by
the
scale
of
merit
,
and
not
by
the
grandeur
of
titles
.
This
is
the
course
I
have
adopted
through
life
,
and
am
well
pleased
with
my
line
of
conduct
.
Recollect
this
precept
:
you
will
perceive
its
wisdom
when
you
grow
old
.
"
The
last
and
fatal
illness
of
Queen
Caroline
was
caused
by
a
stoppage
in
the
bowels
.
Doctors
Maton
and
Warren
(
the
king
's
physicians
)
attended
upon
the
illustrious
lady
;
and
various
remedies
were
prescribed
by
them
—
but
in
vain
.
One
morning
,
a
bottle
of
croton
oil
was
sent
to
an
individual
of
Her
Majesty
's
household
,
accompanied
by
the
following
letter
:
—
"
Sir
,
—
I
am
aware
that
nothing
but
the
great
—
the
very
great
—
danger
Her
Majesty
is
in
,
would
excuse
this
unauthorised
intrusion
.
Having
,
however
,
learnt
from
the
papers
the
nature
of
Her
Majesty
's
complaint
,
I
have
taken
the
liberty
to
forward
to
you
,
with
a
view
of
having
it
handed
to
Dr.
Maton
or
Dr.
Warren
,
a
medicine
of
strong
aperient
properties
,
called
croton
oil
—
one
drop
of
which
is
a
dose
.
It
is
most
probably
known
to
some
of
Her
Majesty
's
advisers
;
but
it
has
only
been
recently
brought
into
this
country
.
It
may
be
proper
to
observe
that
Doctor
Pemberton
has
himself
taken
it
;
and
I
have
administered
it
to
more
than
one
person
.
Its
operation
is
quick
and
certain
.
Two
drops
,
when
made
into
pills
with
bread
,
usually
produce
saving
effects
in
half
or
three
quarters
of
an
hour
.
It
has
struck
me
that
this
medicine
might
be
successfully
administered
to
Her
Majesty
.
At
all
events
I
can
have
done
no
harm
in
taking
the
liberty
to
suggest
it
;
but
,
unwilling
to
appear
anxious
to
make
myself
obtrusive
,
or
to
seem
influenced
by
any
other
than
the
most
disinterested
motives
,
I
have
declined
giving
my
name
.
"
Yours
respectfully
,
A
CHEMIST
.
"
This
letter
,
and
the
medicine
,
were
forwarded
to
Dr.
Pemberton
,
of
Great
George
Street
,
Hanover
Square
,
who
had
at
one
time
been
Her
Majesty
's
principal
medical
attendant
.
Dr.
Pemberton
's
answer
was
this
:
—
"
I
have
myself
taken
two
drops
of
the
croton
oil
,
on
several
occasions
;
and
the
Queen
may
safely
take
one
.
"
The
royal
physicians
obtained
an
interview
with
George
the
Fourth
,
and
the
result
was
a
declaration
on
their
part
,
"
that
they
did
not
consider
themselves
justified
in
administering
the
medicine
to
Her
Majesty
.
"
Comment
is
unnecessary
.
But
,
ah
!
while
of
Victoria
's
court
I
'm
singing
,
What
solemn
music
echoes
from
the
lyre
!
And
wherefore
does
a
passing
bell
seem
ringing
,
And
melancholy
thoughts
my
soul
inspire
?
See
where
the
raven
now
his
flight
is
winging
—
Hark
to
the
anthem
of
the
funeral
choir
—
List
to
the
curfew
's
note
of
death-like
gloom
—
And
drop
a
tear
o'er
Flora
Hastings
'
tomb
!
Sequel
to
Don
Juan
.
Such
a
disgustingly
fulsome
,
and
really
atrocious
paragraph
did
actually
appear
in
the
Morning
Post
three
or
four
years
ago
.
Guillotines
.
Gendarmes
.
The
readers
must
not
for
a
moment
suppose
that
we
intend
Mr.
Sniff
to
be
a
type
of
all
the
city
aldermen
.
Far
from
it
.
There
are
some
excellent
,
honourable
,
and
talented
men
amongst
the
civic
body
.
Mr.
Sniff
is
as
different
from
what
Sir
Peter
Laurie
is
,
or
Mr.
Harmer
was
,
as
light
differs
from
darkness
.
There
are
,
however
,
some
individuals
wearing
civic
gowns
,
who
are
a
disgrace
to
the
great
city
of
which
they
have
the
unaccountable
effrontery
to
remain
magistrates
.
From
Evans
'
and
Forbes
'
"
Geographical
Grammar
.
"
Edition
of
1814.
So
far
back
as
1824
,
The
Times
newspaper
thus
directed
attention
to
the
atrocious
nature
of
Crockford
's
Club
:
—
"
'
Fishmongers
'
Hall
,
'
or
the
Crock
-odile
Mart
for
gudgeons
,
flat-fish
,
and
pigeons
(
which
additional
title
that
'
Hell
'
has
acquired
from
the
nature
of
its
'
dealings
'
)
has
recently
closed
for
the
season
.
The
opening
and
closing
of
this
wholesale
place
of
plunder
and
robbery
,
are
events
which
have
assumed
a
degree
of
importance
,
not
on
account
of
the
two
or
three
unprincipled
knaves
to
whom
it
belongs
,
and
who
are
collecting
by
it
vast
fortunes
incalculably
fast
,
but
for
the
rank
,
character
,
and
fortunes
of
the
many
who
are
weak
enough
to
be
inveigled
and
fleeced
there
.
The
profits
for
the
last
season
,
over
and
above
expenses
,
which
cannot
be
less
than
£
100
a
day
,
are
stated
to
be
full
£
150
,
000.
It
is
wholly
impossible
,
however
,
to
come
at
the
exact
sum
,
unless
we
could
get
a
peep
at
the
Black
Ledger
of
accounts
of
each
day
's
gain
at
this
Pandemonium
,
which
,
though
,
of
course
omits
to
name
of
whom
,
as
that
might
prove
awkward
,
if
at
any
time
the
book
fell
into
other
hands
.
A
few
statements
from
the
sufferers
themselves
would
be
worth
a
thousand
speculative
opinions
on
the
subject
,
however
they
might
be
near
the
fact
,
and
they
would
be
rendering
themselves
,
and
others
,
a
vital
benefit
were
they
to
make
them
.
Yet
some
idea
can
be
formed
of
what
has
been
sacked
,
by
the
simple
fact
that
one
thousand
pounds
was
given
at
the
close
of
the
season
to
be
divided
among
the
waiters
alone
,
besides
the
Guy
Fawkes
of
the
place
,
a
head
servant
,
having
half
that
sum
presented
to
him
last
January
for
a
New
Year
's
gift
.
A
visitor
informed
me
,
that
one
night
there
was
such
immense
play
,
he
was
convinced
a
million
of
money
was
,
to
use
a
tradesman
's
phrase
