Gheel : the city of the simple.

Julia Clara Byrne

Date:: 1869

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Credit: Gheel : the city of the simple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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Prodigious ! exclaimed the other. - Where does he come from ? cried my landlady, eyeing me with cmnosity. The very chimes put in their voice at this critical moment; when, humiliated, crestfallen, little, even in my own eyes, I meekly answered in a low, depre- catory voice: From Portman-square. From ? shouted all in a breath. From Portman-square, replied I, with a little more courage. And pray what is Portman-square ? Portman-square, said I, is simply one of the wealthiest, best-frequented, and most important centres of London; and now I think, my good friends, as I am willing to excuse you for being ignorant of this well-known fact until I imparted it to you, you may be indulgent with me, and consent to enlighten me as to what Gheel may be, for I assure you, in sober seriousness, I am totally unac- quainted even with its name. The hearty laugh which followed this explanation

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