What it is I cannot--dare not--conjecture.

But I confess I am full of apprehension.

I shall not retire to rest to-night, but shall hold myself in readiness to act in whatever way may be necessary, You had better go forth, and if anything occurs, give notice to the proper authorities.

We have not now such a lord mayor as we had during the season of the plague.

The firm and courageous Sir John Lawrence is but ill succeeded by the weak and vacillating Sir Thomas Bludworth.