But the lady was not so easily won; and though she did not absolutely reject him, gave him very slight hopes.

Mr.Marvel, therefore, remained on his probation.

Behind Mrs.Spurling stood her negro attendant, Caliban; a hideous, misshapen, malicious monster, with broad hunched shoulders, a flat nose, and ears like those of a wild beast, a head too large for his body, and a body too long for his legs.

This horrible piece of deformity, who acted as drawer and cellarman, and was a constant butt to the small wits of the jail, was nicknamed the Black Dog of Newgate.
In the general survey of the prison, taken in the preceding chapter, but little was said of the Lodge.

It may be well, therefore, before proceeding farther, to describe it more minutely.