The Mysteries of London, Vol. IV — page 134: what you’re looking at

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THE ifYSTERIES. hy iat aba bas desired! bis couse thick lip-. His eyea were of the a2 2 ratification of the | dork colour ak etures.a uf a reptile’as and the browse, ty Sclug trsced irregularly—or wsténed from the room tterte being vrouzhe duwn by an habitual lower- pening the envelope, found ting regurd—udded to the shuddering sensation a bank-note for tweaty | prodused by a look from those horrible eyes. ybuns were deeply touciid' Ilis hair—of a light brown, and already turn- Lidy etavian‘s genercsity | ing gray—was completely matted: his whis- ad sll the mure s0 on account: kurz, of a darker colour, wero equally ragged winder in which the succouri:and unkempt. Le was dressed in a loose drab , Upper girment that appeared to be a coach- bastuped Git azain tothe Dake of | min‘'s creat-coat with a portion of the skirts sta Yedidence ; and when it waa dusk, |cus of. A dirty cotton handkerchief was tied & Went forth tu redeem her wearing ap- {negligently sbout his neck ; and his trousers, from the pawobroker’s. With very |of 2 dingy gray, hung loose a3 if he wore no .ent feelings from those which she hadjbraces. His hands were thrust into the ~veFienced on the previous evening, was it}focsets on the outer side of the coat, and (tht she cow entered the place; and she re-| under onearm he held a short stick, which rturded with alight heart to the lodging, to; however might be more aptly denominated a yrepwe a comfortable meal against her bro-|club. From beneath the leathern front of his [ cher’ re-appearance. sind it was the bread | well-worn cap, his looks were tung haatily ee happinesuy which the twins ate that night—|around when he emerged from the court, ‘earcely osddened by the idea of separation,|aa if his conscience were not altogether so ; Uverus2 they felt is was for their mutual good, |clear as to place his personal ireedom 3at when the morrow came and the hoor for|beyoud the possibility of inconvenient molea- pparation arrived, they wept and renewed|tation, — «gain aud again the farewell embrace ere they| Continuing his way, and passing rapidly tore themaelves asunder, through several streets—evidently with a settled purpose in view—he at length relaxed —— his pace near a house in the midst of that maze of lanes, alleys, and courts to which we CHAPTER XIX. have already alluded. It was a house that had a small dissenting chapel on one side, and THE HURKER. a beer-shop on the other; and i¢ must be . observed that next to the chapel there was n Tse scene which we are about to describe, oc- | narrow alley with a low arched entrance. The curred on the sime evening as Christina's visit | house to which we are particularly alluding, ito the pawnbroker. aud which steud between the chapel and the It was between nine and ten o'clock that a| beer-shop, wag.a small one—forit was a poor man of most ill-favoured appearance, emerged | street ; but there was nothing in its exterior from one of the low courts opening from the j to detract from its air of humble respectability. New Cut, Limbeth; and bent his way in| .\ small brass-plate on the front door, indicated the direction of the maze of densely popn-j that it was occupied by a person named John Inted streetz and alleys which lie between| Smedley, whose calling was that of gold- the lower pirts of the Waterloo and| beater. This waa farther illustrated by a gilt Weatminster Roads. This man was about) arm, the list clutching a hammer, which ap- forty years of age ; and it would be impcssible| peared over the ground-floor window. That to conceive a human exteriorso repulsive, or| window hud green blinds ; and if a passer-by so fearfully calculated to make the blood] peeped over them, he would Icok into a little of a beholder curdle in the veins. There are| parlour that was furnished neatly enough. some physiognomies which impress one with a| The two windows of the first flour front had capacity for particular sorta of mischief ; there | dark .reen curtains: for this tloor was let to rare features, for instance, which indicate lowjalodg ‘When unoccupied, a neatly written cunning—others denote violent passions—and|card,con ‘ng the intimation of “ Ledvings there are others which reveal an instinctive |to let,” wo. ob acen inthe lower window: thirat for blood. But all the most terrible|butthe ticke’ was not there now, inazwuch- attributes of the human mind were con-jas the apartments referred tobada teaant. centrated in the expression of that man’s} Mr. and Mrs. Smedley had the reputation in countenance. He had a small snub nose, | the neighbourhood of being respectable peuple which appeared to have been stuck on to his} enough,—although whisperioy rameur declared face as if it were an afterthought of nature :| that the wife was somewhat attacked to stron, hia mouth was large, and was furnished with al waters: buton the other hand, the buabsed setof sharp pointed shark-like teeth, which | was regalarin his attendance at the di-senting being naturally white, and remaining so in|chapel next door,—so that the minister re- defiance of neelect, glittered horribly Between garded him as oneof his *choievat and micst (CO) > A NOOKS GO)