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makes      another     bolt察 as   if  the  bit   of  bread    and    butter    were 

insurmountable!^at a Rag and Bottle shop。 ̄ 

    ^Can you show me the place as I go back拭院

    ^With the greatest pleasure察sir 院

    Mr Snagsby pulls off his sleeves and his grey coat察pulls on his 

black    coat察  takes   his   hat  from    its  peg。   ^Oh   here    is  my   little 

woman 院he says aloud。 ^My dear察will you be so kind as to tell one 

of the lads to look after the shop察while I step across the lane with 

Mr Tulkinghorn拭Mrs Snagsby察sir!I shan¨t  be   two  minutes察 my 

love 院

    Mrs   Snagsby  bends   to   the   lawyer察  retires   behind   the   counter察

peeps at them through the window´blind察goes softly into the back 

office察refers to the entries in the book still lying open。 Is evidently 

curious。 

    ^You   will   find   that   the   place   is   rough察  sir察院  says   Mr   Snagsby察

walking      deferentially      in  the    road察   and    leaving    the   narrow 

pavement to the lawyer察 and the party is very rough。 But they¨re 

a wild lot in general察sir。 The advantage of this particular man is察

that he never wants sleep。 He¨ll go at it right on end察if you want 

him to察as long as ever you like。 ̄ 

    It is quite dark now察and the gas´lamps have acquired their full 

effect。   Jostling   against   clerks   going   to   post   the   day¨s   letters察  and 

against counsel and attorneys going  home   to  dinner察and against 



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plaintiffs and defendants察and suitors of all sorts察and against the 

general   crowd察    in   whose   way   the  forensic   wisdom     of  ages   has 

interposed      a  million    of  obstacles     to  the   transaction     of  the 

commonest   business   of  life!diving   through   law   and   equity察  and 

through   that   kindred   mystery察  the   street   mud察  which   is   made   of 

nobody knows what察and collects about us nobody knows whence 

or how此we only knowing in general that when there is too much of 

it察we find it necessary to shovel it away!the lawyer and the law´ 

stationer come to a Rag and Bottle shop察and general emporium of 

much disregarded merchandise察lying and being in the shadow of 

the wall of Lincoln¨s Inn察and kept察as is announced in paint察to all 

whom it may concern察by one Krook。 

   ^This is where he lives察sir察院says the law´stationer。 

   ^This is where he lives察is it拭院says   the lawyer  unconcernedly。 

^Thank you。 ̄ 

   ^Are you not going in察sir拭院

   ^No察thank you察no察I am going on to the Fields at present。 Good 

evening。 Thank you 院Mr Snagsby lifts his hat察and returns to his 

little woman and his tea。 

   But察Mr Tulkinghorn does not go on to the Fields at present。 He 

goes    a  short  way察  turns   back察  comes    again   to  the  shop   of  Mr 

Krook察and enters it straight。 It is dim enough察with a blot´headed 

candle or so in the windows察and an old man and a cat sitting  in 

the back part by a fire。 The old man rises and comes forward察with 

another blot´headed candle in his hand。 

   ^Pray is your lodger within拭院

   ^Male or female察sir拭院says Mr Krook。 

   ^Male。 The person who does copying。 ̄ 

   Mr Krook has eyed his man narrowly。 Knows him by sight。 Has 



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an indistinct impression of his aristocratic repute。 

    ^Did you wish to see him察sir拭院

    ^Yes。 ̄ 

    ^It¨s   what   I  seldom   do   myself察院  says     Mr   Krook     with   a  grin。 

^Shall I call him down拭But it¨s a weak chance if he¨d come察sir 院

    ^I¨ll go up to him察then察院says Mr Tulkinghorn。 

    ^Second floor察sir。 Take the candle。 Up there 院Mr Krook察with 

his   cat  beside   him察  stands   at   the   bottom   of   the   staircase   looking 

after Mr Tulkinghorn。 ^Hi´hi 院he says察when Mr Tulkinghorn has 

nearly disappeared。 The lawyer looks down over the handrail。 The 

cat expands her wicked mouth察and snarls at him。 

    ^Order察  Lady   Jane   Behave   yourself   to   visitors察  my   lady   You 

know   what   they   say   of   my   lodger拭院  whispers   Krook察  going   up   a 

step or two。 

    ^What do they say of him拭院

    ^They   say   he   has   sold   himself   to   the   Enemy察  but   you   and   I 

know better!he don¨t buy。 I¨ll tell you what察though察my lodger is 

so black´humoured and gloomy察that I believe he¨d as soon make 

that    bargain    as   any   other。   Don¨t    put   him    out察 sir。  That¨s    my 

advice 院

    Mr Tulkinghorn   with  a nod   goes   on   his  way。   He   comes   to  the 

dark   door   on   the   second   floor。   He   knocks察  receives   no   answer察

opens it察and accidentally extinguishes his candle in doing so。 

    The air of the room is almost bad enough to have extinguished 

it察  if   he   had   not。   It   is   a   small   room察  nearly   black   with   soot察  and 

grease察  and   dirt。   In   the   rusty   skeleton   of   a   grate察  pinched   at   the 

middle as if Poverty had gripped it察a red coke fire burns low。 In 

the corner by the chimney察stand a deal table and a broken desk察a 

wilderness marked with a rain of ink。 In another corner察a ragged 



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old   portmanteau   on   one   of   the   two   chairs察  serves   for   cabinet   or 

wardrobe察no larger one is needed察for it collapses like the cheeks 

of   a  starved    man。    The    floor  is  bare察  except    that  one    old  mat察

trodden to shreds of rope´yarn察lies perishing upon the hearth。 No 

curtain     veils   the   darkness      of  the   night察  but    the   discoloured 

shutters     are   drawn    together察   and   through   the     two   gaunt   holes 

pierced in them察famine might be staring  in!the   Banshee   of  the 

man upon the bed。 

    For    on   a   low   bed    opposite    the   fire察  a  confusion     of   dirty 

patchwork察  lean´ribbed   ticking察  and   coarse   sacking察  the   lawyer察

hesitating     just   within   the   doorway察    sees   a  man。    He   lies  there察

dressed in shirt and trousers察with bare feet。 He has a yellow look 

in the spectral darkness of a candle that has guttered down察until 

the whole length of its wick still burning has doubled over察and 

left a tower of winding sheet above it。 His hair is ragged察mingling 

with his whiskers and his beard!the latter ragged too察and grown察

like the scum and mist around him察in neglect。 Foul and filthy as 

the room is察foul and filthy as the air察it is not easy to perceive what 

fumes those are which most oppress the senses in it察but through 

the    general     sickliness    and    faintness察   and    the   odour    of   stale 

tobacco察  there     comes     into   the  lawyer¨s    mouth   the    bitter察  vapid 

taste of opium。 

    ^Hallo察  my   friend 院  he   cries察  and   strikes   his   iron   candlestick 

against the door。 

    He   thinks   he   has   awakened   his   friend。   He   lies   a   little   turned 

away察but his eyes are surely open。 

    ^Hallo察my friend 院he cries again。 ^Hallo Hallo 院

    As he rattles on the door察the candle which has drooped so long察

goes   out察  and leaves  him in   the   dark察  with  the   gaunt   eyes   in   the 



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