Summary Chapter 6
Marshalsea prison used to be a neighbor of The Church of St. George, but it is gone when this tale is told-and not at all missed. It was a debtor's prison. The cells were not sturdy, and smugglers were able to sneak in. One debtor figures into this tale. He didn't believe, as most do, that he would be there for long. He didn't unpack his portmanteau. He was a shy, helpless, amiable man. He worried about his wife. He didn't know if she could find her way there, and he worried how she would react. They have two children-a boy of three and a girl of two. The debtor had invested in a business he knew nothing about as far as its dealings. Thre was an investigation concerning the disappearance of property. He found himself bankrupted. Five or six months after arriving at the prison and settli
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