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Chapter 17. Missing

           Hethereforeresolvedthathewouldtakeadvantageofthatevening’sfreedomtogodowntoClennamandCo.‘s,easilytobefoundbythedirectionsetforthinthehandbill;andseetheplace,andaskaquestionortwotherehimself.

           HavingdinedasplainlyastheestablishmentandtheCourierwouldlethim,andhavingtakenashortsleepbythefireforhisbetterrecoveryfromMrsFinching,hesetoutinahackney-cabrioletalone.ThedeepbellofStPaul’swasstrikingnineashepassedundertheshadowofTempleBar,headlessandforlorninthesedegeneratedays.

           Asheapproachedhisdestinationthroughtheby-streetsandwater-sideways,thatpartofLondonseemedtohimanuglierspotatsuchanhourthanhehadeversupposedittobe.Manylongyearshadpassedsincehehadseenit;hehadneverknownmuchofit;anditworeamysteriousanddismalaspectinhiseyes.Sopowerfullywashisimaginationimpressedbyit,thatwhenhisdriverstopped,afterhavingaskedthewaymorethanonce,andsaidtothebestofhisbeliefthiswasthegatewaytheywanted,MrDorritstoodhesitating,withthecoach-doorinhishand,halfafraidofthedarklookoftheplace.

           Truly,itlookedasgloomythatnightasevenithadeverlooked.Twoofthehandbillswerepostedontheentrancewall,oneoneitherside,andasthelampflickeredinthenightair,shadowspassedoverthem,notunliketheshadowsoffingersfollowingthelines.Awatchwasevidentlykeptupontheplace.

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