Forgers, counterfeiters (penmen) and other such intellectuals have a certain standing in the underworld and even pickpockets are respected more or less as the masters of a difficult art, but they do not rank with the princes of the big con […]

[…] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.

I probably would have thought then - Oo, oo, woopy doo! So thrilling!

What radiancy of glory, / What light beyond compare!