Penny Dreadfuls, 1850 · page 253 of 400
The Gift of the Sailor: The String of Pearls & Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street — page 253: what you’re looking at
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“My good girl,” he said. “Oh, she has fainted.” He rung a hand-bell, and, when a man appeared in answer to the summons, he said— “Ts Mrs. Long within?” “Yes, Sir Richard.” “Then bring her here, and tell her to pay every attention to this young lady, who is a friend of mine; and when she recovers, say to her that I shall return in an hour.” “Certainly, Sir Richard.” In a few moments a matronly-looking woman; who acted in that house as a sort of general manager, made her appearance, and had Arabella removed to a chamber. Before that, the magistrate had hastily put on his hat, and at a quick pace was walking towards Fleet Street. What he intended to do in the emergency—for emergency he evidently thought it was—we shall see quickly. Certain it is that, even by that time, he had made up his mind to some plan of proceeding, and our readers have sufficient knowledge of him to feel that it is likely to be the very best that could be adopted under the circumstances. Certainly Johanna had, by the bold step she had taken, brought affairs to something like a crisis, much earlier than he, Sir Richard Blunt, expected. What the result will be remains to be seen. @9OOOOGOOO CORniclooo S CO)