Whitefriars had lost its privileges; Salisbury Court and the Savoy no
longer offered places of refuge to the debtor; and it was, therefore, doubly
requisite that the Island of Bermuda (as the Mint was termed by its occupants)
should uphold its rights, as long as it was able to do so. She caught her breath, and her
eyes were lit with a sudden terror. ”
She glanced shyly at the mirror above her dressing-table, and then about her at
the furniture, as though it might penetrate to the thoughts that peeped in her
mind. “No man can realize,” she said, “what that pit can
be. In
remote times and countries its evil tendencies had expressed themselves in the
form of tyrannies, massacres, wars, and what not; but just at present in England
they shaped as commercialism and competition, silk hats, suburban morals, the
sweating system, and the subjection of women. But Jack was too nimble for him. There was a coffee equipage on the table, and some
sandwiches, and the fire had been recently made up. One Friday afternoon, in this pleasant month, it chanced that Mr.
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