East London . were droppings of vegetablesand fruit, there were bones thrown out into the streets, therewere things dropped; drunken men were lying on door-steps,stretched out on the pavement between the posts, or proppedup against the walls; the night watchmen paid no attention tothese common objects of the night, the helplessly drunk; theycleared out their pockets of money no doubt, otherwise theyleft them. But the prowlers, after another investigation ofthe pockets, carried off everything portable—hat, wig, neck-tie, ruffles, boots, coat, everything. The cold air cjuickenedthe recovery of t
East London . were droppings of vegetablesand fruit, there were bones thrown out into the streets, therewere things dropped; drunken men were lying on door-steps,stretched out on the pavement between the posts, or proppedup against the walls; the night watchmen paid no attention tothese common objects of the night, the helplessly drunk; theycleared out their pockets of money no doubt, otherwise theyleft them. But the prowlers, after another investigation ofthe pockets, carried off everything portable—hat, wig, neck-tie, ruffles, boots, coat, everything. The cold air cjuickenedthe recovery of the patient; when he came to his senses andsat up he was ready to repent, not in sackcloth, but in shirt- 232 EAST LONDON sleeves. Later on in the day the prowlers inveigled chil-dren into back courts, stripped them of their fine frocks,cut off their long curls, and so let them go. Or they lay inwait for a drunken man and led him carefully to some quietand secluded spot, where he could be stripped of all. But. m^ 1^
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