The Curse Upon Mitre Square — page 24: what you’re looking at

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16 THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. a peasant; whereas on the first occasion he had been richly apparelled. He also came on foot—a precaution evidently considered necessary from the robbery of the saddle. Owing to the poor lighting ~ of the road and the fear to approach too near, none had seen the man’s face sufficiently well to enable them to again recognise it; a fact which the inhabi- tants greatly deplored, but consoled themselves with the possession of the stolen saddle, and thought that by its means the name and position of the singular visitor would be made known to them. After the fourth visit, which took place in broad daylight, the man and woman left the house to- sether, and, avoiding the bridge opposite the monas- tery and Ald Gate, turned to the right and crossed Houndsditch by the bridge of Bishop’s Gate, some little distance off. This circumstance, didugh apparently not of great importance, greatly exercised the minds of the watchers, and suggested to them that whatever the secret was, the pair wished to avoid the monks. That this may not be unintelligible to readers, they must know that (see frontispiece) Ald Gate was an approach to the monastery, through a courtyard of which it would be necessary to pass in order to gain access to the city. Now, the fact that the pair avoided this route and took the longer one over Bishop’s Gate Bridge, was proof that they did not wish to be seen by the inmates of the monastery. After crossing Bishop’s Gate Bridge the pair escaped the vigilance of the watchers. cComichbooks.co m