Twice round the clock; or, The hours of the day and night in London . the fly comfortably into hisweb, and has satisfied himself that he cant get out, I daresay that hedoes not take the trouble to handcuff him. In the midst of thisgravelled area stands a pump, known as the Dolphin ; to the rightof this institution, and somewhat in the back-ground, is a great squarebuilding, called the State House. The rooms here are double thesize to those in the houses I have alluded to, and are accorded by thegovernor of the place as a matter of favour to those inmates of the—well, the college—who can afford
Twice round the clock; or, The hours of the day and night in London . the fly comfortably into hisweb, and has satisfied himself that he cant get out, I daresay that hedoes not take the trouble to handcuff him. In the midst of thisgravelled area stands a pump, known as the Dolphin ; to the rightof this institution, and somewhat in the back-ground, is a great squarebuilding, called the State House. The rooms here are double thesize to those in the houses I have alluded to, and are accorded by thegovernor of the place as a matter of favour to those inmates of the—well, the college—who can afford to fill them with a sufficient quantityof furniture. Close to the State House is a strong iron gateway, throughwhich the guardians of the college have a strong disinclination toallow the under-graduates to pass, unless they be furnished with acertain mysterious document called a discharge. The guardiansthemselves are ruddy men with very big keys ; but they seem on thevery best terms with the gentlemen whose intended exercise outside 100 TWICE ROUND THE THE QUEEN S BENCH, the walls they feel compelled (doubtless through solicitude for theirprecious health) to debar, and are continually bidding them goodmorning in the most affable manner; it being also one of theiridiosyncrasies to rub their noses with the handles of the big keys whilegoing through the salutation. In days not very remote there werecertain succursals, or chapels of ease, to the college, in the shape ofdingy tenements in the borough of Southwark, extending as far as theElephant and Castle; and in these tenements, which were called the Rules, such collegians as were in a position to offer a fantasticguarantee entitled a u Bail Bond/ were permitted to dwell, andthence they wrote letters to their friends and relations, stating thatthe iron was entering into their souls, and that they were languishing—well, never mind where—in college. These rules were abolishedin the early years of her present Majesty
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