And though, by the lapse of time, and those mutations which age produces in empires, cities, and boroughs, Queen's Crawley was no longer so populous a place as it had been in Queen Bess's time--nay, was come down to that condition of borough which used to be denominated rotten--yet, as Sir Pitt Crawley would say with perfect justice in his elegant way, "Rotten! 
And though it was no longer so populous a place as it had been in Queen Bess's time - nay, had so few voters that it might even be called a rotten borough - yet, as Sir Pitt Crawley would say in his elegant way, "Rotten! 