“Where are you bound for after you’ve done for the day?” inquired Alf.
“For London. Whitechapel; it aint a haristocratic part, but it’s busy sort of place in its way.”
“I should like to go with you.”
“Well, then, you shall, youngster. So that’s soon settled.”
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
PEACE IS INTRODUCED TO A GAMBLING CLUB.
Charles Peace as we have already signified, had become sated of the village in which he had led so reputable a life for a no very inconsiderable period; indeed, if we take into consideration the erratic and adventurous nature of the man, it is a matter of no small surprise that he should have continued to be a respectable member of society for so long a time.
But his new sphere of action had many attractions for him.
In the first place, it had the charm of novelty; in the next, he was petted and made much of by the landlord and the parlour customers of the “Carved Lion;” and last, though not least, he had been greatly taken with the girl, Nelly.
A sudden revulsion, however, took place, and our hero determined upon seeking “fresh fields and pastures new.”