"But come to the small door near the northern entrance of the cathedral at midnight.

I will meet you there." "I will not fail," replied the young man.
"One of the terrible judgments which I predicted would befall this devoted city has come to pass," cried Solomon Eagle.

"Another yet remains--the judgment by fire--and if its surviving inhabitants repent not, of which there is as yet no sign, it will assuredly follow." "Heaven avert it!" groaned the other, turning away.
Proceeding along Cheapside, he entered Wood-street, and took his way towards the grocer's dwelling.

When at a little distance from it, he paused, and some minutes elapsed before he could muster strength to go forward.

Here, as elsewhere, there were abundant indications of the havoc occasioned by the fell disease.