Move on, Jonas, or you will never reach Saint Sepulchre's." The woman angrily expostulated with him, and some further parley ensued,--Leonard did not tarry to hear what, but rushing past them, gained Bartholomew-close.
He soon reached the proctor's house, and found it marked with the fatal cross.

Addressing a watchman at the door, he learnt, to his great dismay, that Doctor Hodges had been gone more than a quarter of an hour.
"He was too late," said the man.

"Poor Mr.Fisher had breathed his last before he arrived, and after giving some directions to the family as to the precautions they ought to observe, the doctor departed." "How unfortunate!" exclaimed Leonard, "I have missed him a second time.
But I will run back to his house instantly." "You will not find him at home," returned the watchman "He is gone to Saint Paul's, to attend a sick person." "To Saint Paul's at this hour!" cried the apprentice.

"Why, no one is there, except the vergers or the sexton." "He is gone to visit the sexton, who is ill of the plague," replied the watchman.

"I have told you all I know about him.