Yet, since the young man ye wish to see is a very decent gentleman, and knoweth well the needs of a poor working body like myself, we will take the matter under advisement, as the court saith, forsooth." They passed through the heavy gates, down a narrow and heavy-aired passage, and finally into a naked room.

It was here, in such somber surroundings, that Mary Connynge saw again the man whose image had been graven on her heart ever since that morn at Sadler's Wells.

How her heart coveted him, how her blood leaped for him--these things the Mary Connynges of the world can tell, they who own the primeval heart of womankind.
When John Law himself at length entered the room, he stepped forward at first confidently, eagerly, though with surprise upon his face.

Then, with a sudden hesitation, he looked sharply at the figure which he saw awaiting him in the dingy room.

His breath came sharp, and ended in a sigh.