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Chapter 20

           So,IrubbeditoffwithallpossiblespeedbyturningintoastreetwhereIsawthegreatblackdomeofSaintPaul’sbulgingatmefrombehindagrimstonebuildingwhichabystandersaidwasNewgatePrison.Followingthewallofthejail,Ifoundtheroadwaycoveredwithstrawtodeadenthenoiseofpassingvehicles;andfromthis,andfromthequantityofpeoplestandingaboutsmellingstronglyofspiritsandbeer,Iinferredthatthetrialswereon.

           WhileIlookedaboutmehere,anexceedinglydirtyandpartiallydrunkministerofjusticeaskedmeifIwouldliketostepinandhearatrialorso:informingmethathecouldgivemeafrontplaceforhalfacrown,whenceIshouldcommandafullviewoftheLordChiefJusticeinhiswigandrobesmentioningthatawfulpersonagelikewaxwork,andpresentlyofferinghimatthereducedpriceofeighteen-pence.AsIdeclinedtheproposalonthepleaofanappointment,hewassogoodastotakemeintoayardandshowmewherethegallowswaskept,andalsowherepeoplewerepubliclywhipped,andthenheshowedmetheDebtors’Door,outofwhichculpritscametobehanged;heighteningtheinterestofthatdreadfulportalbygivingmetounderstandthat"fouron’em"wouldcomeoutatthatdoorthedayafterto-morrowateightinthemorning,tobekilledinarow.

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