Clearing up all Doubts (if any existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. A. Jingle’s Character

           ThereareinLondonseveraloldinns,oncetheheadquartersofcelebratedcoachesinthedayswhencoachesperformedtheirjourneysinagraverandmoresolemnmannerthantheydointhesetimes;butwhichhavenowdegeneratedintolittlemorethantheabidingandbooking-placesofcountrywagons.Thereaderwouldlookinvainforanyoftheseancienthostelries,amongtheGoldenCrossesandBullandMouths,whichreartheirstatelyfrontsintheimprovedstreetsofLondon.Ifhewouldlightuponanyoftheseoldplaces,hemustdirecthisstepstotheobscurerquartersofthetown,andthereinsomesecludednookshewillfindseveral,stillstandingwithakindofgloomysturdiness,amidstthemoderninnovationswhichsurroundthem.

           IntheBoroughespecially,therestillremainsomehalf-dozenoldinns,whichhavepreservedtheirexternalfeaturesunchanged,andwhichhaveescapedaliketherageforpublicimprovementandtheencroachmentsofprivatespeculation.Great,ramblingqueeroldplacestheyare,withgalleries,andpassages,andstaircases,wideenoughandantiquatedenoughtofurnishmaterialsforahundredghoststories,supposingweshouldeverbereducedtothelamentablenecessityofinventingany,andthattheworldshouldexistlongenoughtoexhausttheinnumerableveraciouslegendsconnectedwitholdLondonBridge,anditsadjacentneighbourhoodontheSurreyside.

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