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EUGENE ARAM.
CHAPTER VI.
THE THAMES AT NIGHT.—A THOUGHT.—THE STUDENT RE-SEEKS THE RUFFIAN.—A HUMAN FEELING EVEN IN THE WORST SOIL.
Clem. 'Tis our last interview!
Stat. Pray Heav'n it be.
Clemanthes.
On leaving Lord *****'s, Aram proceeded, with a lighter and more rapid step, towards a less courtly quarter of the metropolis.
He had found, on arriving in London, that in order to secure the annual sum promised to Houseman, it had been necessary to strip himself even of the small stipend he had hoped to retain. And hence his visit, and hence his petition to Lord *****. He now bent his way to the spot in which Houseman had appointed their meeting. To the fastidious reader these details of pecuniary mat-
