The String of Pearls; or, The Barber of Fleet Street — page 33: what you’re looking at

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ee THE STRING OF PEARLS. Lupin’s pony, which, not being accustomed to that sort of thins ra : E » no ; ing, had kicked out | sh Y im opposition to the same, and produced the Tesults we ae | | Johanna Oakley was some distance upon h d ( pon her road before the reverend gentleman — | a pitched into her father’s house in the manner we have described, e that ate | _ knew nothing of it, nor would she have cared if she had, for her mind was wholly — | bent upon the expedition she was proceeding on. : i As she walked upon that side of the way of Fleet-street where Sweeney Todd’s _ house aud shop were situated, a feeling of curiosity prompted her to stop for — + ig and look at the melancholy-looking dog that stood watching a hat at his © The appearance of grief upon the creature’s face could not be mistaken, and, _ | 50 a gazed, she saw the shop-door gently opened and a piece of meat thrown | These are kind people,” she said, ‘‘ be they whom they may;” but when : _ Saw the dog turn away with loathing, and herself cunewvart that Chane was a nites ; _ powder upon it, the idea that it was poisoned, and only intended for the poor - creature’s destruction, came instantly across her mind. | _ And when she saw the horrible-looking face of Sweeney Todd glaring at her | ; from the partially-opened door, she could not doubt any further the fact, for that | face was quite enough to give a warrant for any amount of villany whatever. : She passed on with a shudder, little suspecting, however, that that dog had f i apiane to do with her fate, or the circumstances which made up the sum of her | destiny. : _ _ It wanted a full hour to the appointed time of meeting when she reached the _ Temple-gardens, and partly blaming herself that she was so soon, while at the L same time she would not for worlds have been away, she sat down onone of the | i garden-seats to think over the past, and to recall to her memory with all the vivid — _ freshness of young Love’s devotion, the many gentle words which from time to — time had been spoken to her two summers since by him whose faith she had | never doubted, and whose image was enshrined at the bottom of her heart, | CHAPTER VI. THE CONFERENCE, AND THE FEARFUL NARRATION IN THE GARDEN. Tar Temple clock struck the hour of meeting, and Johanna looked anxiously around her for any one who should seem to her to bear the appearance of being such a person as she might suppose Mark Ingestrie would choose for his |, messenger. | She turned her eves towards the gate, fer she thought she heard it close, and then she saw a gentlemanly-looking man, attired in a cloak, and who was looking around him, apparently in search of some one. When his eye fell upon her he immediately produced from beneath his cloak a white rose, and in another minute they met. “T have the honour,” he said, “of sp-aking to Miss Johanna Uakley ?” « Yes, sir; and you are Mark Ingestrie’s messenger !”’ | “T am; that is to say, 1 am he who comes to bring you news of Mark Ingestrie, although I grieve to say I am not the messenger that was expressly deputed by him so to do.” “Oh ! sir, your looks are sad and serious ; youseem as if you would announce that some misfortune had occurred. ‘Tell me that it is not so; speak to me ab once, or my heart will break !” “Compose yourself, lady, I pray you.”