. London . *&a&c+.<< DOWGATE DOCK SAXON AND NORMAN 57 still beloved by her. As there was no post in those clays, andneither could write, they exchanged no letters, but they pre-served their constancy and fidelity. Now behold what may happen as a punishment for •. ST. SAVIOURS DOCK avarice! The old man one day, devising a way to save afew meals—for at a time when death is in the house who canthink upon eating and drinking ?—pretended that he wasdead, and laid himself out with a white sheet over him. Alas !He was cruelly mistaken. His servants, learning what had 58 LOXDON happened, loudly
. London . *&a&c+.<< DOWGATE DOCK SAXON AND NORMAN 57 still beloved by her. As there was no post in those clays, andneither could write, they exchanged no letters, but they pre-served their constancy and fidelity. Now behold what may happen as a punishment for •. ST. SAVIOURS DOCK avarice! The old man one day, devising a way to save afew meals—for at a time when death is in the house who canthink upon eating and drinking ?—pretended that he wasdead, and laid himself out with a white sheet over him. Alas !He was cruelly mistaken. His servants, learning what had 58 LOXDON happened, loudly and openly rejoiced, stripped the larder ofall that it contained, set the casks flowing, opened the bottles,and began to feast and sing. It was more than the old mancould endure. He sprang from his bed and rushed amongthem—they fled shrieking because they thought it was hisghost; one, bolder than the rest, stood his ground to face theghost, and banged the apparition over the head with the butt-
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