"Very few persons now come there, and none for amusement.

Paul's Walk is completely deserted.

The shops and stalls have been removed, and the pillars to which they were attached are restored to their former appearance." "I am glad to hear it," rejoined Leonard.

"I would far rather the sacred edifice were altogether abandoned than be what it has been of late--a den of thieves." "It was a stable and a magazine of arms in the time of the Commonwealth," remarked Gatford.
"And if Solomon Eagle's foreboding come to pass, it will be a heap of ruins in our own time," rejoined Turgis.

"But I see the prophet of ill has quitted his post, and retired to his hiding-place." Looking up as this was said, Leonard saw that the enthusiast had disappeared.