[The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Three Clerks CHAPTER XLIII 2/29
5, Paradise Row, Millbank. But Gertrude did not think much of this when she changed her residence.
Early one morning, leaning on Charley's arm, she had trudged down across the Park, through Westminster, and on to the close vicinity of the prison; and here they sought for and obtained such accommodation as she thought fitting to her present situation.
Charley had begged her to get into a cab, and when she refused that, had implored her to indulge in the luxury of an omnibus; but Gertrude's mind was now set upon economy; she would come back, she said, in an omnibus when the day would be hotter, and she would be alone, but she was very well able to walk the distance once. She procured, for seven shillings a week, a sitting-room and bedroom, from whence she could see the gloomy prison walls, and also a truckle-bed for the young girl whom she was to bring with her as her maid.
This was a little Hampton maiden, whom she had brought from the country to act as fag and deputy to her grand nurse; but the grand nurse was now gone, and the fag was promoted to the various offices of nurse, lady's-maid, and parlour servant.
The rest of the household in Albany Place had already dispersed with the discreet view of bettering their situations. Everything in the house was given up to pay what Alaric owed. Independently of his dreadful liability to Madame Jaquetanape, he could not have been said to be in debt; but still, like most other men who live as he had done, when his career was thus brought to a sudden close, it was found that there were many people looking for money.
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