While this took place, while Quilt thundered at the inner door, and Jack drew
back the bolts of the outer, a deep, manly voice was heard chanting—as if in
contempt of the general uproar—the following strain:—
With pipe and punch upon the board,
And smiling nymphs around us;
No tavern could more mirth afford
Than old Saint Giles's round-house!
The round-house! the round-house!
The jolly—jolly round-house!
"The jolly, jolly round-house!" chorussed Sheppard, as the last bar yielded to his
efforts. "Well, my
pretty dears," he added, "—to see your husband, eh? You must make the most of
your time. "I should call it putting
him out of the way. But I liked the things you said here. ’
Relief flooded Melusine. "
"I see through your design, Jack," returned the carpenter, gravely; "but I don't
like under-hand work. "There's an old proverb," continued Wood, rising and walking towards the fire,
"which says,—'Put another man's child in your bosom, and he'll creep out at
your elbow. But an individual she
never laid eyes on day before yesterday! And the minute he gets up, he'll head
for the public bar.
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