"Coupling their
presence with Jack's speech, I couldn't help fearing some mischief might ensue. He was dressed with the utmost care, and he set
his feet upon the broad walk as though the action were in some way a
condescension. "
"Well, Jack," said Jonathan, who had looked at him with surprise not unmixed
with admiration, "you are a bold and clever fellow, I must allow. The doctor would naturally
offer a hundred objections; he might seriously interfere; so he must be
forestalled. I've got an address here. When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer,
driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows
from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some
deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope
of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to
horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when
I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this
drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt.
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