Revolution in Time (Out of Time #10)
“Martin’s on Ludgate Hill. Their carriage ride was rough enough to knock out a filling as they jounced nearly all the way back across London, ending up just a stone’s throw from where they’d first arrived. Simon held the door for Elizabeth and then stepped inside behind her. The coffeehouse was really little more than a tavern. A low ceiling with thick wooden beams pressed down as the breast-high wainscoting rose up from the planked floor. The room was modest. It had a bar, fireplace, and dark..., heavy wooden tables with squat chairs. A few men sat scattered around the room reading newspapers by candlelight and having a drink of punch, beer or coffee. Places like this were popular meeting spots for clubs or groups of like-minded men. They could talk business or politics or literature and enjoy a drink. Traders met at the Baltic. Stockbrokers at Jonathan’s. The shipping news was read each day by insurers at Lloyd’s. And here, at the London, a group that called themselves the Honest Whigs met.MoreLess
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