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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  

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