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Old Saint Paul’s

BOOK THE SIXTH
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"Our next place of rendezvous must be the vaults beneath Saint Faith's." "Agreed!" exclaimed the others.

And they again separated, Hubert and Chowles to kindle fresh fires, and Grant to watch the conflagration at a distance.

As to Solomon Eagle, he rushed towards the scene of destruction, and forcing himself into the midst of the crowd, mounted a post, crying in a loud voice: "I told you a second judgment would come upon you on account of your iniquities, and you now find that I avouched the truth.

The Lord himself hath come to preach to you, as he did in the fiery mount of Sinai, and a terrible exhortation it shall be, and one ye shall not easily forget.
This fire shall not be quenched till the whole city is laid prostrate.
Ye doubted my words when I told you of the plague; ye laughed at me and scoffed me; but ye became believers in the end, and now conviction is forced upon you a second time.

You will vainly attempt to save your dwellings.


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