The houses were all marked with the fatal cross, and shut up.

Another dead-cart was heard rumbling along, accompanied by the harsh cries of the driver, and the doleful ringing of the bell.

The next moment the loathly vehicle was seen coming along the Old Bailey.

It paused before a house, from which four bodies were brought, and then passed on towards Smithfield.
Watching its progress with fearful curiosity, the young man noted how often it paused to increase its load.

His thoughts, coloured by the scene, were of the saddest and dreariest complexion.