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Chapter 8. The Lock

           TheSnuggeryhadtwoofthequalitiespopularlyheldtobeessentialtogrogforladies,inrespectthatitwashotandstrong;butinthethirdpointofanalogy,requiringplentyofit,theSnuggerywasdefective;beingbutacooped-upapartment.

           Theunaccustomedvisitorfromoutside,naturallyassumedeverybodyheretobeprisoners—landlord,waiter,barmaid,potboy,andall.Whethertheywereornot,didnotappear;buttheyallhadaweedylook.Thekeeperofachandler’sshopinafrontparlour,whotookingentlemenboarders,lenthisassistanceinmakingthebed.Hehadbeenatailorinhistime,andhadkeptaphaeton,hesaid.Heboastedthathestooduplitigiouslyfortheinterestsofthecollege;andhehadundefinedandundefinableideasthatthemarshalintercepteda‘Fund,’whichoughttocometothecollegians.Helikedtobelievethis,andalwaysimpressedtheshadowygrievanceonnew-comersandstrangers;thoughhecouldnot,forhislife,haveexplainedwhatFundhemeant,orhowthenotionhadgotrootedinhissoul.Hehadfullyconvincedhimself,notwithstanding,thathisownpropershareoftheFundwasthreeandninepenceaweek;andthatinthisamounthe,asanindividualcollegian,wasswindledbythemarshal,regularlyeveryMonday.Apparently,hehelpedtomakethebed,thathemightnotloseanopportunityofstatingthiscase;afterwhichunloadingofhismind,andafterannouncing(asitseemedhealwaysdid,withoutanythingcomingofit)thathewasgoingtowritealettertothepapersandshowthemarshalup,hefellintomiscellaneousconversationwiththerest.

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