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a€˜How do our numbers stand since last enrolling-night?a€™ inquired Lord George. a€˜Are we really forty thousand strong, or do we still speak in round numbers when we take the Association at that amount?a€™
a€˜Our total now exceeds that number by a score and three,a€™ Gashford replied, casting his eyes upon his papers.
a€˜The funds?a€™
a€˜Not very improving; but there is some manna in the wilderness, my lord. Hem! On Friday night the widowsa€™ mites dropped in. a€œForty scavengers, three and fourpence. An aged pew-opener of St Martina€™s parish, sixpence. A bell-ringer of the established church, sixpence. A Protestant infant, newly born, one halfpenny. The United Link Boys, three shillingsa€"one bad. The anti-popish prisoners in Newgate, five and fourpence. A friend in Bedlam, half-a-crown. Dennis the hangman, one shilling.a€Âa€™
a€˜That Dennis,a€™ said his lordship, a€˜is an earnest man. I marked him in the crowd in Welbeck Street, last Friday.a€™
a€˜A good man,a€™ rejoined the secretary, a€˜a staunch, sincere, and truly zealous man.a€™
a€˜He should be encouraged,a€™ said Lord George. a€˜Make a note of Dennis. Ia€™ll talk with him.a€™
Gashford obeyed, and went on reading from his list, a€˜a€œThe Friends of Reason, half-a-guinea. The Friends of Liberty, half-a-guinea. The Friends of Peace, half-a-guinea. The Friends of Charity, half-a-guinea. The Friends of Mercy, half-a-guinea. The Associated Rememberers of Bloody Mary, half-a-guinea. The United Bulldogs, half-a-guinea.a€Âa€™
a€˜The United Bulldogs,a€™ said Lord George, biting his nails most horribly, a€˜are a new society, are they not?a€™
a€˜Formerly the a€™Prentice Knights, my lord. The indentures of the old members expiring by degrees, they changed their name, it seems, though they still have a€™prentices among them, as well as workmen.a€™
a€˜What is their presidenta€™s name?a€™ inquired Lord George.
a€˜President,a€™ said Gashford, reading, a€˜Mr Simon Tappertit.a€™
a€˜I remember him. The little man, who sometimes brings an elderly sister to our meetings, and sometimes another female too, who is conscientious, I have no doubt, but not well-favoured?a€™
a€˜The very same, my lord.a€™
a€˜Tappertit is an earnest
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