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    After    another     silence察  the   husband      of  the   absent     woman察

turning     to  me    again察  answered      me    with   his   usual   grumbling 

unwillingness。 

    ^Wos Jenny here when the lady come拭Yes察she wos here when 

the lady come。 Wot did the lady say to her拭Well察I¨ll tell you wot 

the   lady   said   to   her。   She   said察   You   remember   me   as   come   one 

time to talk to you about the young lady as had been a wisiting of 

you拭  You   remember   me   as   give   you   somethink   handsome   for   a 

handkercher   wot   she   had   left拭   Ah察  she   remembered。   So   we   all 

did。 Well察then察wos that young lady up at the house now拭No察she 

warn¨t up at the house now。 Well察then察lookee here。 The lady was 

upon a journey all alone察strange as we might think it察and could 

she   rest   herself   where   you¨re   a´setten察  for   a   hour   or   so。   Yes   she 

could察   and    so   she  did。  Then    she   went!it      might    be  at  twenty 

minutes      past   eleven察   and   it  might   be   at  twenty     minutes     past 

twelve察we ain¨t got no watches here to know the time by察nor yet 

clocks。 Where did she go拭I don¨t know where she go¨d。 She went 

one way察and Jenny went another察one went right to Lunnun察and 

t¨other   went   right   from   it。   That¨s   all   about   it。   Ask   this   man。   He 

heerd it all察and see it all。 He knows。 ̄ 

    The other man repeated察 That¨s all about it。 ̄ 

    ^Was the lady crying拭院I inquired。 

    ^Devil a bit察院returned the first man。 ^Her shoes was the worse察

and her clothes was the worse察but she warn¨t!not as I see。 ̄ 

    The woman sat with her arms crossed察and her  eyes   upon   the 

ground。 Her husband had turned his seat a little察so as to face her察

and   kept   his   hammer´like   hand   upon   the   table察  as   if   it   were   in 



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readiness to execute his threat if she disobeyed him。 

   ^I hope you will not object to my asking your wife察院said I察 how 

the lady looked拭院

   ^Come察then 院he gruffly cried to her。 ^You hear what she says。 

Cut it short察and tell her。 ̄ 

   ^Bad察院replied the woman。 ^Pale and exhausted。 Very bad。 ̄ 

   ^Did she speak much拭院

   ^Not much察but her voice was hoarse。 ̄ 

   She answered察looking all the while at her husband for leave。 

   ^Was she faint拭院said I。 ^Did she eat or drink here拭院

   ^Go on 院said the husband察in answer to her look。 ^Tell her and 

cut it short。 ̄ 

   ^She had a little water察Miss察and Jenny fetched her some bread 

and tea。 But she hardly touched it。 ̄ 

   ^And     when     she  went    from   here ̄!I     was   proceeding察    when 

Jenny¨s husband impatiently took me up。 

   ^When she went from here察she went right away Nor¨ard by the 

high road。 Ask on the road if you doubt me察and see if it warn¨t so。 

Now察there¨s the end。 That¨s all about it。 ̄ 

   I   glanced   at   my   companion察  and   finding   that   he   had   already 

risen   and   was   ready   to   depart察  thanked   them   for   what   they   had 

told me察and took my leave。 The woman looked full at Mr Bucket 

as he went out察and he looked full at her。 

   ^Now察Miss Summerson察院he said to me察as we walked quickly 

away。     ^They¨ve    got  her   ladyship¨s   watch    among     ¨em。  That¨s   a 

positive fact。 ̄ 

   ^You saw it拭院I exclaimed。 

   ^Just as good as saw it察院he returned。 ^Else why should he talk 

about his `twenty minutes past察 and about his having no watch to 



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tell the time by拭Twenty minutes He don¨t usually cut his time so 

fine as that。 If he comes to half hours察it¨s as much as he does。 Now察

you see察either her ladyship gave him that  watch察  or  he  took   it。   I 

think she gave it him。 Now察what should she give it him for拭What 

should she give it him for拭院

    He    repeated     this   question     to  himself     several    times    as  we 

hurried   on察  appearing   to   balance   between   a   variety   of   answers 

that arose in his mind。 

    ^If time could be spared察院said Mr Bucket!^which is the only 

thing that  can¨t  be spared   in   this   case!I  might  get  it  out  of  that 

woman察  but   it¨s   too   doubtful   a   chance   to   trust   to察  under   present 

circumstances。 They are up to keeping a close eye upon her察and 

any fool knows that a poor creetur like her察beaten and kicked and 

scarred and bruised from head to foot察will stand by the husband 

that  ill   uses   her察  through  thick   and   thin。  There¨s   something  kept 

back。 It¨s a pity but what we had seen the other woman。 ̄ 

    I regretted   it  exceedingly察  for  she   was   very  grateful察  and   I   felt 

sure would have resisted no entreaty of mine。 

    ^It¨s possible察Miss Summerson察院said Mr Bucket察pondering on 

it察   that  her  ladyship   sent  her  up   to  London   with  some   word   for 

you察and it¨s possible that her husband got the watch to let her go。 

It don¨t come out altogether so plain as to please me察but it¨s on the 

cards。   Now察  I   don¨t   take   kindly   to   laying   out   the   money   of   Sir 

Leicester Dedlock察Baronet察on these Roughs察and I don¨t see my 

way to the   usefulness   of it  at  present。   No  So  far察  our  road察  Miss 

Summerson察  is   for¨ard!straight   ahead!and   keeping   everything 

quiet 院

    We called at home once more察that I might send a hasty note to 

my Guardian察and then we hurried back to where we had left the 



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carriage。   The   horses   were   brought   out   as   soon   as   we   were   seen 

coming察and we were on the road again in a few minutes。 

    It had set in snowing at daybreak察and it now snowed hard。 The 

air was so thick with the darkness of the day and the density of the 

fall察  that  we    could   see   but   a  very   little  way    in  any   direction。 

Although it was extremely cold察the snow was but partially frozen察

and it churned!with a sound as if it were a beach of small shells! 

under      the   hoofs    of   the   horses察   into    mire    and    water。    They 

sometimes   slipped   and         floundered     for   a   mile  together察   and   we 

were   obliged   to   come   to   a   standstill   to   rest   them。   One   horse   fell 

three times in this first stage察and trembled so察and was so shaken察

that  the   driver  had   to  dismount  from   his saddle   and lead   him   at 

last。 

    I could eat nothing察and could not sleep察and I grew so nervous 

under those delays察and the slow pace at which we travelled察that I 

had an unreasonable desire upon me to get out and walk。 Yielding 

to my companion¨s better sense察however察I remained where I was。 

All   this   time察  kept   fresh   by   a   certain   enjoyment   of   the   work   in 

which   he   was   engaged察  he   was   up   and   down   at   every   house   we 

came to察addressing people whom he had never beheld before察as 

old   acquaintances察  running   in   to   warm   himself   at   every   fire   he 

saw察talking and drinking and shaking hands at every bar and tap察

friendly   with   every   waggoner察  wheelwright察  blacksmith察  and   toll´ 

taker察yet never seeming to lose time察and always mounting to the 

box    again    with   his   watchful察   steady   face察  and    his  business´like 

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