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The place they live in was some sort of nun-shop long ago, as they have them still in Flanders; so folk call them the Vestals of Fairladies that may be, or may not be; and I care not whether it be or no. Blinkinsop, hold your tongue, and be d d! And so, betwixt great alms and good dinners, they are well thought of by rich and poor, and their trucking with Papists is looked over.
It is needless to add that he was the same personage already introduced in the character of Father Buonaventure, by which name he was distinguished at Fairladies. His dress was not different from what he then wore, excepting that he had a loose riding-coat of camlet, under which he carried an efficient cut-and-thrust sword, instead of his walking rapier, and also a pair of pistols.
'And you see, brother, you will be in safe quarters at Fairladies good old scrambling house good old maids enough, if they were not Papists, Hollo, you Jack Lowther; keep the line, can't ye, and shut your rattle-trap, you broth of a ? And so, being of a good family, and having enough, the old lasses have turned a kind of saints, and nuns, and so forth.
In the meanwhile, no better quarters could have been found for an invalid. The attendants spoke under their breath, and moved only on tiptoe nothing was done unless PAR ORDONNANCE DU MEDECIN. Aesculapius reigned paramount in the premises at Fairladies.
A paper was then slipped into his hands he looked at it, and said, 'I find the two friends I have left at Fairladies are apprised of my destination, and propose to embark from Bowness. I presume this will not be an infringement of the conditions under which you have acted? 'Certainly not, answered General Campbell; 'they shall have all facility to join you.
Alan Fairford's acute understanding instantly connected what he had heard with the circumstances he had witnessed at Fairladies. His first thought was, to attempt, at all risks, his instant escape, and procure assistance powerful enough to crush, in the very cradle, a conspiracy of such a determined character.
While reflecting on these things, he looked back so frequently at the house, that Dick Gardener, a forward, talkative fellow, who began to tire of silence, at length said to him, 'I think you will know Fairladies when you see it again, sir? 'I dare say I shall, Richard, answered Fairford good-humouredly. 'I wish I knew as well where I am to go next. But you can tell me, perhaps?
'You must then, for the safety of all parties, remain for some days an inhabitant of Fairladies, where we have the means of detaining you, which self-preservation will in that case compel us to make use of. Your captivity will be short; for matters cannot long remain as they are. The cloud must soon rise, or it must sink upon us for ever. With these words he left the apartment.
'Yes, he would be cold enough in the morning, no doubt; but it's a kind heart and shall not cool so soon if I can help it, answered the captain of the JUMPING JENNY. 'Well, captain, an ye will risk your own neck for another man's, why not take him to the old girls at Fairladies? 'What, the Miss Arthurets! The Papist jades!
In front of the house, however, Peter Peebles found a more efficient protector than the worthy Quaker. Our readers may recollect that Fairford had been conducted by Dick Gardener from the house of Fairladies to the inn of old Father Crackenthorp, in order, as he had been informed by the mysterious Father Buonaventure, that he might have the meeting which he desired with Mr.
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