. Old Saint Paul's : a tale of the plague and the fire . a large number, I grieve to sayit, are already destroyed. The prophecy is a sing-ular one, remarkedCharles, musingly, and you have given it a plau-sible interpretation. And for some moments, heappeared lost in reflection. Suddenly rousing him-self, he took forth his tablets, and hastily traciDga few lines upon a leaf, tore it out, and delivered itwith his signet ring to Lord Argentine. Takethis, my lord, he said, to Lord Craven. Youwill find him at his post in Tower Street. A bandof my attendants shall go with you. Embark atthe nearest s
. Old Saint Paul's : a tale of the plague and the fire . a large number, I grieve to sayit, are already destroyed. The prophecy is a sing-ular one, remarkedCharles, musingly, and you have given it a plau-sible interpretation. And for some moments, heappeared lost in reflection. Suddenly rousing him-self, he took forth his tablets, and hastily traciDga few lines upon a leaf, tore it out, and delivered itwith his signet ring to Lord Argentine. Takethis, my lord, he said, to Lord Craven. Youwill find him at his post in Tower Street. A bandof my attendants shall go with you. Embark atthe nearest stairs you can—those at Blackfriars Ishould conceive the most accessible. Bid the menrow for their lives. As soon as you join LordCraven, commence operations. The Tower mustbe preserved at all hazards. Mark me ! —at allhazards. I understand your Majesty, replied Argen-tine— your commands shall be implicitly if the conflagration has not gone too far, Iwill answer with my life that I preserve the for-tress. And he departed on his ^y Mate of C^lumilr^^ im^ Jlui>itli Lnncion, llHl. FATE OF CHOWLES AND JUDITH. 311 CHAPTER IX. what befel chowles and judith in the vaults of saintfaiths. Having now seen what occurred outside SaintPauFs, we shall proceed to the vaults beneath and Judith, it has been mentioned, weredescried by Leonard, just before the outbreak ofthe fire, steahng into Saint Faiths, and carryinga heavy chest between them. This chest con-tained some of the altar-plate, which they hadpillaged from the Convocation House. As theytraversed the aisles of Saint Faiths, which werenow filled with books and paper, they could dis-tinctly hear the raging of the fire without, andJudith, who was far less intimidated than hercompanion, observed, Let it roar on. It cannotinjure us.* I am not so sure of that, replied Chowles,doubtfully, I wish we had taken our hoardselsewhere.* There is no use in wishing that now
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