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"I iine," said I, "that part of the difficulty is in the hbourhood Here, on the one side, is old Gray's Inn, not ed since Bacon's tiateway; and there, on the Clerkenwell side, is a dense and rather squalid neighbourhood which has grown up over a region partly rural and wholly fugitive in character Places like Bagnigge Wells and Hockley in the Hole would not have had s that were likely to survive; and in the absence of surviving speciination hasn't ht," said she "Certainly, the purlieus of old Clerkenwell present a very confused picture to me; whereas, in the case of an old street like, say, Great Ors and replace the up the roadway and pavements and lay down cobble-stones, plant a feooden posts, hang up one or two oil-lahtful transforhtful; which, by the way, is abetter work than our forefathers; whereas e actually do is to pull down the old buildings, clap the doorways, porticoes, panelling, andinexpensive and useful and deadly uninteresting in their place"

My cohed softly "For a naturally cheerful, and even gay young ly pessimistic The mantle of Jeremiah--if he ever wore one--see your good spirits excepting in regard to matters architectural"

"I have much to be thankful for," said I "Am I not taken to the Museum by a fair lady? And does she not stay me with mummy cases and comfort me with crockery?"

"Pottery," she corrected; and then, as wefrom a side-street, she said: "I suppose those are lady medical students"

"Yes, on their way to the Royal Free Hospital Note the gravity of their demeanour and contrast it with the levity of theso," she answered, "and wondering why professional women are usually so ested, "it is a matter of selection A peculiar type of woman is attracted to the professions, whereas everyas a matter of course"

"Yes, I daresay that is the explanation This is our turning"