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Chapter 12. Bleeding Heart Yard

           Themorepracticalofitsinmatesabidedbythetraditionofamurder;thegentlerandmoreimaginativeinhabitants,includingthewholeofthetendersex,wereloyaltothelegendofayoungladyofformertimescloselyimprisonedinherchamberbyacruelfatherforremainingtruetoherowntruelove,andrefusingtomarrythesuitorhechoseforher.Thelegendrelatedhowthattheyoungladyusedtobeseenupatherwindowbehindthebars,murmuringalove-lornsongofwhichtheburdenwas,‘BleedingHeart,BleedingHeart,bleedingaway,’untilshedied.ItwasobjectedbythemurderouspartythatthisRefrainwasnotoriouslytheinventionofatambour-worker,aspinsterandromantic,stilllodgingintheYard.But,forasmuchasallfavouritelegendsmustbeassociatedwiththeaffections,andasmanymorepeoplefallinlovethancommitmurder—whichitmaybehoped,howsoeverbadweare,willcontinueuntiltheendoftheworldtobethedispensationunderwhichweshalllive—theBleedingHeart,BleedingHeart,bleedingawaystory,carriedthedaybyagreatmajority.Neitherpartywouldlistentotheantiquarieswhodeliveredlearnedlecturesintheneighbourhood,showingtheBleedingHearttohavebeentheheraldiccognisanceoftheoldfamilytowhomthepropertyhadoncebelonged.And,consideringthatthehour-glasstheyturnedfromyeartoyearwasfilledwiththeearthiestandcoarsestsand,theBleedingHeartYardershadreasonenoughforobjectingtobedespoiledoftheonelittlegoldengrainofpoetrythatsparkledinit.

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