“Her husband was a county councillor, and she has a niece who comes to see her in a carriage. As no apprehension was entertained of an escape by this outlet,—nothing of the kind having been attempted by the boldest felon ever incarcerated in Newgate,—both doors were generally left open during the daytime. She turned her cheek to the cold sill; and by and by the sill grew warm and wet with tears. Too late, alas, to stop the disastrous marriage. ’ ‘Also stealing,’ added Gerald, with a gesture at the clothes on the bed. When she saw however that this man was a stranger, and obviously harmless, her expression changed as though by magic. "Certainly not," replied Gay. That’s how things are; that’s the order of the world. ’ ‘She told you!’ ‘And,’ pursued Gerald, ignoring his friend’s scornful interjection, ‘that it was not always convenient to be dressed as a young girl. The life of a young girl is set about with prowling pitfalls. When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer, driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt.
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