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Walking side by side without speech, Clara and her companion left the neighbourhood of the prison, and kept a northward direction till they reached the junction of highways where stands the 'Angel. Here was the wonted crowd of loiterers and the press of people waiting for tramcar or omnibus east, west, south, or north; newsboys, eager to get rid of their last batch, were crying as usual, 'Ech-ow!
And your luncheon parties, how I did enjoy them, and how Fay did enjoy them too; and what I risked, short-sighted as I am, picking my way from the tramcar down to that out-of-the-way little street! Men never appreciate the risks women run for them. But to leave my letters lying about I cannot forgive that. When I told Fay she said, 'What can you expect?
His mind was occupied by violent thoughts about the two children whom he had fed with currant pudding, and he did not observe what he was doing or where he was going. He was in a wide, dark street where there were tram-lines, but he could not remember seeing a tramcar pass by. He was tired and although he was not hungry, he was conscious of a missed meal, and he was thirsty.
To avoid death he had to spring from the path of a thundering tramcar. A heavy cart ran over the bundle. While he was ruefully and hastily gathering the papers together, a band of street children swooped down and kicked them lustily about the filth. He was battling with one urchin when a policeman grabbed him. With an elusive twist he escaped and ran like a terrified hare.
He had a queer, subterranean beauty, repulsive too. 'How strange they are! said Ursula. 'Children of men, he said. 'They remind me of Jesus: "The meek shall inherit the earth." 'But they aren't the meek, said Ursula. 'Yes, I don't know why, but they are, he replied. They waited for the tramcar. Ursula sat on top and looked out on the town.
They walked on, and when they found themselves just below Montmartre, and Pierre spoke of taking a tramcar to return to Neuilly, Antoine, quite feverish with artistic passion, asked him if he knew Jahan, the sculptor, who was working for the Sacred Heart. And on receiving a negative reply, he added: "Well, come and see him for a moment. He has a great future before him.
Put on your hat and jacket and I'll take you to town in the tramcar. It's only half-past three, and we'll soon buy what you want." "Oh! Would Aunt Lucy really let us?" cried Patty, brightening up at such a delightful prospect. "Why not? We'll go and ask her. Stuff that handkerchief in your pocket, and come along now."
Having given full instructions to the servant, Pierre set out to take a tramcar, intending to alight from it on the Boulevard de Rochechouart, and then climb the height on foot. And on the road, lulled by the gliding motion of the heavy vehicle, he began to think of his brother's past life and connections, with which he was but vaguely, imperfectly, acquainted.
Another member of our little society had a very fair voice and good knowledge of music, for in the days of his boyhood he had sung in the choir of a Welsh cathedral; since that time he had practised as a medical man and driven a tramcar.
And the miracle has happened! If I can get my papers in readiness in two days, she will take me with her. I am wild with joy, but I feel it is like a dream that one knows cannot come true. November 6th, Friday. Just the moment I finished breakfast this morning, I dashed into town, that is, as fast as an old tramcar could take me, to the American Consul.
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