Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

           

           InLondonitself,thoughintheoldrusticroadtowardsasuburbofnotewhereinthedaysofWilliamShakespeare,authorandstage-player,therewereRoyalhunting-seats—howbeitnosportislefttherenowbutforhuntersofmen—BleedingHeartYardwastobefound;aplacemuchchangedinfeatureandinfortune,yetwithsomerelishofancientgreatnessaboutit.Twoorthreemightystacksofchimneys,andafewlargedarkroomswhichhadescapedbeingwalledandsubdividedoutoftherecognitionoftheiroldproportions,gavetheYardacharacter.Itwasinhabitedbypoorpeople,whosetuptheirrestamongitsfadedglories,asArabsofthedesertpitchtheirtentsamongthefallenstonesofthePyramids;buttherewasafamilysentimentalfeelingprevalentintheYard,thatithadacharacter.

           Asiftheaspiringcityhadbecomepuffedupintheverygroundonwhichitstood,thegroundhadsorisenaboutBleedingHeartYardthatyougotintoitdownaflightofstepswhichformednopartoftheoriginalapproach,andgotoutofitbyalowgatewayintoamazeofshabbystreets,whichwentaboutandabout,tortuouslyascendingtothelevelagain.AtthisendoftheYardandoverthegateway,wasthefactoryofDanielDoyce,oftenheavilybeatinglikeableedingheartofiron,withtheclinkofmetaluponmetal.

           TheopinionoftheYardwasdividedrespectingthederivationofitsname.

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