a s k s
n e s t
The various ranks of the church are easily squared; but it is stated, I know not on what authority, that no one has yet succeeded in squaring the word bishop.
Having obtained one squared word, as in the case of Dean, it will be observed that any of the letters in the two diagonals, d, a, k, t,—n, s, s, n, may be changed into any other letter which will make an English word.
Thus Dean may be changed into such words as
dear peas weak beam
fear seas lead seal
deaf bear real team
In fact there are upwards of sixty substitutes: possibly some of these might render the two diagonals, d, a, k, t, and n, s, s, n, also English words.
CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.
Deep-snow — Beggar in Belgravia wanted work — He said he was a Watchmaker — Gave his address — It was false — Met him months after — The same story — The same untruth — Children hired for the purpose of Begging — Cellar in St. Giles’s — Inquired for a Poor Woman and Child — Landlady told me of a Man almost starving in her back kitchen — He turned out to be an accomplished Swindler — Pot-boys — Caught him at last — Took him to Bow Street.
SOON after taking up my residence in London, I met with many applications from street-beggars, with various tales of distress. I could not imagine that all these were fictitious, and found great difficulty in selecting the few objects on whom I could bestow my very moderate means of charity. One severe winter I resolved on making my own personal observations on the most promising cases which presented themselves.