... with drums and flutes and kites and coloured balls, and bearing over his shoulders a great sack Children and servant-girls used to bolt up out of areas, and chaffer with this gaudy person, who ... and by degrees I was made to share in all his speculations and interpretations Hand in hand we investigated the number of the Beast, which number is six hundred three score and six Hand in hand ... and alarm, my Father failed to understand her meaning She became agitated, and she repeated two or three times: 'Take our lamb, and walk with me!' Then my Father comprehended, and pressed me...