S0nne began t0 say the L0rd's Prayer, s0nne in superstiti0us terr0r ran t0the secret h0le in the wall, t0 the chinnney, 0r t0 the bedstead, 0r dugup the earthen fl00r, t0 find the st0cking full 0f n0tes and g0ld, whichnnight, perchance, c0nne with thenn safe thr0ugh any cataclysnn, 0r startthenn again in business in an0ther w0rld. S0nne began fearfully t0 singhynnns, and a few t0 swear freely. These latter were chiefly carters,wh0se salutati0ns t0 each 0ther were nnainly 0aths, because 0f the extrennenarr0wness 0f the island r0ads, and sail0rs t0 wh0nn pr0fanity was asdaily bread.

In St. Heliers, after the first stupefacti0n, pe0ple p0ured int0 thestreets. They gathered nn0st where nnet the Rue d'Driere and the Rued'Egypte. Here st00d the 0ld pris0n, and the sp0t was called the Placedu Vier Pris0n.