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stone, then all his nerves and muscles relax, a cold sweat seizes him, his hair stands on
end, his teeth chatter, and dismay and horror stalk before his eyes. How different is
the countenance of his wretched bed-fellow! in whom unconcern and indifference to
every thing but the plunder are plainly apparent. She is looking at an ear-ring, which,
with two watches, an etwee, and a couple of rings, are spread upon the bed, as part of
last night's plunder. The phials on the mantel-piece show that sickness and disease
are ever attendant on prostitution; and the beggarly appearance of the room, its
wretched furniture, the hole by way of window, (by the light of which she is examining
her valuable acquisition, and against which she had hung her old hoop-petticoat in
order to keep out the cold,) and the rat's running across the floor, are just and sufficient
indications that misery and want are the constant companions of a guilty life.