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Updated: June 11, 2025
His charming London house, so refined and so dignified in its simplicity, was the frequent meeting-place of many even in those bad days when the door outside was daubed with paint, the windows broken, and a police-man stood on guard.
I am strongly inclined to take the matter in hand myself." "We must get him out of the country as soon as possible," thought Helen. "I should hardly have thought it worthy of your gifts, George," she said, "to turn police-man. For my part, I should not relish hunting down any poor wretch." "The sacrifice of individual choice is a claim society has upon each of its members," returned Bascombe.
"Keep by my side, and I think that nothing will happen to you before we reach Holborn." Laverick was a man of more than medium height, but by the side of the policeman he seemed short. Both scanned the faces of the passers-by closely the police-man with mild interest, Laverick with almost feverish anxiety. It was a gray afternoon, pleasant but close.
She put her little hand to her forehead and tried to remember what had happened; she didn't know what to make of the nice, pretty room, and soft bed with its silken curtains; she thought she was dreaming, and rubbed her eyes and looked again, and then hid her face in the sheet for fear she should see Mrs. Finley, or John, or the police-man; and then Mrs.
"The skipper's goings-on 'ave got nothing to do with me." "Then she can foller him 'ome in the morning," ses the skipper. "Good night, watch-man." Him and the mate 'elped the silly old thing to the ship, and, arter I 'ad been round to the Bear's Head and fetched a pint for the police-man, I locked up and sat down to think things out; and the more I thought the worse they seemed.
Them as was standing round laughed, and even Policeman White couldn't 'elp giving a little smile. "There's nothing to laugh at," ses Bob, 'olding his 'ead up. "It's a fine thing when a working man a 'ardworking man can't take home a little game for 'is family without being stopped and robbed." "I s'pose they flew into your pocket?" ses Police-man White. "No, they didn't," ses Bob.
Can't be helped, you know, there's enough beggars left everybody knows that," and he whipped up his horses, and drove on. Then a police-man picked up Betsey's dead mother and carried her to the watch house; while some little Irish boys ran off with her basket and ate up Betsey's supper. There was nobody to take care of lame Betsey, so she was carried to the poor-house.
I shall say, too, that you broke all those dishes, and if you contradict it, I'll take that locket to a police-man, and tell him you stole it. Won't you look pretty going to jail with your long black curls? Answer me that, Miss Hetty Letty?" Letty only answered by her sobs. "What's all this?" said Mrs. Finley, opening the door; "one might as well try to sleep in Bedlam.
I am strongly inclined to take the matter in hand myself." "We must get him out of the country as soon as possible," thought Helen. "I should hardly have thought it worthy of your gifts, George," she said, "to turn police-man. For my part, I should not relish hunting down any poor wretch." "The sacrifice of individual choice is a claim society has upon each of its members," returned Bascombe.
And then, in the struggle to get Rosa away, he broke her little arm with his rough grasp; so she had it "in a sling." Perhaps they might not have got away at all, had not a police-man heard their screams and helped them off.
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