. Shrewsbury; a romance . er gave but his smile doubledthe gift which his humanity dictated. The reader will believe that punctually on the morrowI went with joy and thankfulness to my new master,whom I found up three pairs of stairs in a room barelyfurnished, but heajied in every part with piles of manu-scripts and dogs-eared books, and all so covered with dusttliat type and script were alike illegible. He wore a dingymorning-gown and had laid aside his wig; but the air ofimportance with which he nodded to me and a sort of dig-nity that clothed him as he walked to and fro on the ink-stained f
. Shrewsbury; a romance . er gave but his smile doubledthe gift which his humanity dictated. The reader will believe that punctually on the morrowI went with joy and thankfulness to my new master,whom I found up three pairs of stairs in a room barelyfurnished, but heajied in every part with piles of manu-scripts and dogs-eared books, and all so covered with dusttliat type and script were alike illegible. He wore a dingymorning-gown and had laid aside his wig; but the air ofimportance with which he nodded to me and a sort of dig-nity that clothed him as he walked to and fro on the ink-stained floor mightily impressed me, and drove me towonder what sort of trade was carried on here. He con-tinued, for some minutes after I entered, to declaim onefine sentence after another, rolling the long words over 94 SHREWSBURY his tongue with a great appearance of enjoyment: a pro-cess which he only interrupted to point me to a stool anddesk, and cry with averted eyes—lest he should cut thethread of his thoughts— Write !. ^nf • HE WORE A DINGY MORNING-GOWN AND HAD LAIDASIDE HIS WIG On my hesitating, Write ! he repeated, in the toneof one commanding a thousand troopers. And then hespoke thus—and as he spoke I wrote :-- This day His Gracious Majesty, whose health appears SHREWSBURY 95 to be completely restored, went, accompanied by theFrench Ambassador and a brilliant company, to take theair in the Mall. DesiJatches from Holland say thatthe Duke of Monmouth has arrived at the Hague and hasbeen well received. Letters from the West say that thecity of Bristol having a well-founded confidence in theEoyal Clemency has hastened to lay its Charter at HisMajestys feet. The 30th of the month began the Sessionsat the Old Bailey, and held the first and second of this ;where seventeen persons received sentence of death, nineto be burned in the hand, seven to be transported, andeleven ordered to be whipped. Yesterday, or this day,a commission was sealed appointing the Lord ChiefJustice
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