Penny Dreadfuls, 1870 · page 37 of 392
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20 REYNOLDS’ WORKS Thereupon he counted down a quantity of gold upon the table; and as Chiffin consigned the wages of iniquity to his pocket, his hideous countenance again expressed its satis- faction with a ferocious leer. Ralph Farefeld and his agent in crime then separated, the former hurrying away to some place of public resort, which he still deemed it- prudent to frequent; and the latter proceeding to the tap-room of the boozing-ken, there to expend a portion of his gains in a deep carouse. (COMMU 0)(6\(6) cS (E(0)