The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 39: what you’re looking at

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20 REYNOLDS’ WORKS Thereupon he counted down a quantity of gold upon the table; and as Chiffn consigned the wages of iniquity to his pocket, his hideous countenance again expressed its satis- faction with a ferocious leer. Ralph Farefield and his agent in crime then separated, the former hurrying away to some place of public resort, which he still deemed it prudent to frequent; and the latter proceeding to the tap-room of the boozing-ken, there to expend a portion of his gains in a deep carouse. - CoOnnmicaa@ <S (EO)