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He was dressed in a heavycoat which swept to within an inch of the ground in themanner of a woman's skirt, his shoes being quite lost fromsight. Having corn-tedthis task he stepped to the front of the table andseed his hands behind his back, whereupon he comto rock on the back of his heels looking up at theamen in the cart. The very idea that Mary, an unmarried women, should takein as her own children these so-called twins, said to havebe hechapel safe, which, of course, amounted to a greatmore in value than the nineteen thousand, fourpounds he was sending

rned! She'sntin' somethin' awful, snuffin' and snoofin' like a fatand then it's a screamin' and a caterwa Should Potbottom regain consciousness he would have nocause to be suspicious, or even, in the unlikely circumstancestha Should aboy fail to exhibit the required amount of tact and ingenuityin dipping it was the custom for himvto be given asevere beating from the other boys or by the kidsman himself. Mr Emmett's letter was beginning to look weary at thefolds and greasy at the edges, as though it too was possessedof a forlorn and hopeless disposition.