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ANOTHER DARK PLOT 343 cried Lady Letitia, pointing indignantly down at the Beggar- man. Then, at the next moment, she drew out her purse and showered its glittering contents amongst the delighted men and women gathered around. An instantaneous scramble took place, and Meagles, seizing Letitia by the hand, led her hurriedly forth from the vile den. Not a finger was raised to bar their passage; they gained the street in safety, and, on pausing for a moment at the end of Horslydown to listen, they could hear the enthusiastic shouts of the motley company in the boozing-ken, but not a footstep in pursuit. 7 Throwing away their weapons, they exchanged hasty syllables of congratulation at this successful adventure, and plunged hand in hand into the maze of streets lying between Horslydown and the vicinity of London Bridge. In half an hour they reached the main thoroughfare ir Southwark; and thence they took a hackney-coach to Meagles’s lodgings in Jermyn Street, where they arrived shortly after one o’clock in the morning. A cheerful fire was burning in the grate, a good cold supper was spread upon the table, and the two friends speedily indemnified themselves for the fatigues, annoyances, and perils they had encountered during the past five or six hours. They then retired to repose in each other’s arms, it being too late for the Amazon to return to her own dwelling. COMNIE|OOO© CS (CO)