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regularly continued察but soon left off。 There are a few dirty scraps
of newspapers察all referring to Coroners¨ Inquests察there is nothing
else。 They search the cupboard察 and the drawer of the ink´
splashed table。 There is not a morsel of an old letter察 or of any
other writing察in either。 The young surgeon examines the dress on
the law writer。 A knife and some odd halfpence are all he finds。 Mr
Snagsby¨s suggestion is the practical suggestion after all察and the
beadle must be called in。
So the little crazy lodger goes for the beadle察and the rest come
out of the room。 ^Don¨t leave the cat there 院 says the surgeon此
^that won¨t do 院 Mr Krook therefore drives her out before him察
and she goes furtively downstairs察 winding her lithe tail and
licking her lips。
^Good night 院says Mr Tulkinghorn察and goes home to Allegory
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and meditation。
By this time the news has got into the court。 Groups of its
inhabitants assemble to discuss the thing察and the outposts of the
army of observation principally boys are pushed forward to Mr
Krook¨s window察 which they closely invest。 A policeman has
already walked up to the room察 and walked down again to the
door察where he stands like a tower察only condescending to see the
boys at his base occasionally察but whenever he does see them察they
quail and fall back。 Mrs Perkins察who has not been for some weeks
on speaking terms with Mrs Piper察 in consequence of an
unpleasantness originating in young Perkins having ^fetched ̄
young Piper ^a crack察院 renews her friendly intercourse on this
auspicious occasion。 The potboy at the corner察who is a privileged
amateur察 as possessing official knowledge of life察 and having to
deal with drunken men occasionally察 exchanges confidential
communications with the policeman察and has the appearance of an
impregnable youth察unassailable by truncheons and unconfinable
in station´houses。 People talk across the court out of window察and
bare´headed scouts come hurrying in from Chancery Lane to
know what¨s the matter。 The general feeling seems to be that it¨s a
blessing Mr Krook warn¨t made away with first察 mingled with a
little natural disappointment that he was not。 In the midst of this
sensation察the beadle arrives。
The beadle察though generally understood in the neighbourhood
to be a ridiculous institution察is not without a certain popularity for
the moment察if it were only as a man who is going to see the body。
The policeman considers him an imbecile civilian察 a remnant of
the barbarous watchmen´times察 but gives him admission察 as
something that must be borne with until Government shall abolish
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him。 The sensation is heightened察 as the tidings spread from
mouth to mouth that the beadle is on the ground察and has gone in。
By´and´by the beadle comes out察 once more intensifying the
sensation察 which has rather languished in the interval。 He is
understood to be in want of witnesses察for the inquest tomorrow察
who can tell the Coroner and Jury anything whatever respecting
the deceased。 Is immediately referred to innumerable people who
can tell nothing whatever。 Is made more imbecile by being
constantly informed that Mrs Green¨s son ^was a law´writer
hisself察and knowed him better than anybody ̄!which son of Mrs
Green¨s appears察 on inquiry察 to be at the present time aboard a
vessel bound for China察 three months out察 but considered
accessible by telegraph察 on application to the Lords of the
Admiralty。 Beadle goes into various shops and parlours察
examining the inhabitants察always shutting the door first察 and by
exclusion察 delay察 and general idiotcy察 exasperating the public。
Policeman seen to smile to potboy。 Public loses interest察 and
undergoes reaction。 Taunts the beadle察 in shrill youthful voices察
with having boiled a boy察choruses fragments of a popular song to
that effect察and importing that the boy was made into soup for the
workhouse。 Policeman at last finds it necessary to support the law察
and seize a vocalist察who is released upon the flight of the rest察on
condition of his getting out of this then察 come and cutting it!a
condition he immediately observes。 So the sensation dies off for
the time察 and the unmoved policeman to whom a little opium察
more or less察is nothing察with his shining hat察stiff stock察inflexible
greatcoat察stout belt and bracelet察and all things fitting察pursues his
lounging way with a heavy tread此 beating the palms of his white
gloves one against the other察 and stopping now and then察 at a
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street´corner察 to look casually about for anything between a lost
child and a murder。
Under cover of the night察 the feeble´minded beadle comes
flitting about Chancery Lane with his summonses察in which every
Juror¨s name is wrongly spelt察and nothing is rightly spelt but the
beadle¨s own name察which nobody can read or wants to know。 The
summonses served察and his witnesses forewarned察the beadle goes
to Mr Krook¨s察 to keep a small appointment he has made with
certain paupers察 who察 presently arriving察are conducted upstairs察
where they leave the great eyes in the shutter something new to
stare at察 in that last shape which earthly lodgings take for No
one!and for Every one。
And察 all that night察 the coffin stands ready by the old
portmanteau察and the lonely figure on the bed察whose path in life
has lain through five´and´forty years察 lies there察 with no more
track behind him察that any one can trace察than a deserted infant。
Next day the court is all alive!is like a fair察 as Mrs Perkins察
more than reconciled to Mrs Piper察says察in amicable conversation
with that excellent woman。 The coroner is to sit in the first´floor
room at the Sol¨s Arms察where the Harmonic Meetings take place
twice a´week察 and where the chair is filled by a gentleman of
professional celebrity察 faced by little Swills察 the comic vocalist察
who hopes according to the bill in the window that his friends
will rally round him察and support first´rate talent。 The Sol¨s Arms
does a brisk stroke of business all the morning。 Even children so
require sustaining察 under the general excitement察 that a pieman
who has established himself for the occasion at the corner of the
court察 says his