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For some time, however, nothing very serious brought the place immediately within the conscious ken of the magistrates. FOR SOME TIME HOWEVER NOTHING VERY SERIOUS BROUGHT THE PLACE IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE CONSCIOUS SKIN OF THE MAGISTRATES
ing; she grew generally more lax in her administration; and by degrees a mist of evil fame began to gather about her house. Thereupon her enemy, as she considered him, the Rev. Clement Sclater, felt himself justified in moving more energetically for the withdrawal of her license, which, with the support of outraged neighbours, he found no difficulty in effecting. She therefore _flitted_ to another parish, and opened a worse house in a worse region of the city--on the river-bank, namely, some little distance above the quay, not too far to be within easy range of sailors, and the people employed about the vessels loading or discharging cargo. It pretended to be only a lodging-house, and had no license for the sale of strong drink, but nevertheless, one way and another, a great deal was drunk in the house, and, as always, card-playing, and sometimes worse things were going on, getting more vigorous ever as the daylight waned; frequent quarrels and occasional bloodshed was the consequence. EST SHE WINKED AT CARD PLAYING SHE GREW GENERALLY MORE LAX IN HER ADMINISTRATION AND BY DEGREES A MIST OF EVIL FAME BEGAN TO GATHER ABOUT HER HOUSE THEREUPON HER ENEMY AS SHE CONSIDERED HIM THE REVEREND CLEMENT SLATER FELT HIMSELF JUSTIFIED IN MOVING MORE ENERGETICALLY FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF HER LICENSE WHICH WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUTRAGED NEIGHBOURS HE FOUND NO DIFFICULTY IN EFFECTING SHE THEREFORE FLITTED TO ANOTHER PARISH AND OPENED A WORSE HOUSE IN A WORSE REGION OF THE CITY ON THE RIVER BANK NAMELY SOME LITTLE DISTANCE ABOVE THE QUAY NOT TOO FAR TO BE WITHIN EASY RANGE OF SAILORS AND THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED ABOUT THE VESSELS LOADING OR DISCHARGING CARGO IT PRETENDED TO BE ONLY A LODGING HOUSE AND HAD NO LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF STRONG DREAM BUT NEVERTHELESS ONE WAY AND ANOTHER A GREAT DEAL WAS DRUNK IN THE HOUSE AND AS ALWAYS CARD PLAYING AND SOMETIMES WORSE THINGS WERE GOING ON GETTING MORE VIGOROUS EVER AS THE DAYLIGHT WANED FREQUENT QUARRELS AND OCCASIONAL BLOODSHED WAS THE CONSEQUENCE
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