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Chapter 6

           Itconsistedofarudewoodenstool,andstillruderhutchorbed-frame,stuffedwithcleanstraw,andaccommodatedwithtwoorthreesheepskinsbywayofbed-clothes.

           ThePalmer,havingextinguishedhistorch,threwhimself,withouttakingoffanypartofhisclothes,onthisrudecouch,andslept,oratleastretainedhisrecumbentposture,tilltheearliestsunbeamsfoundtheirwaythroughthelittlegratedwindow,whichservedatoncetoadmitbothairandlighttohisuncomfortablecell.Hethenstartedup,andafterrepeatinghismatins,andadjustinghisdress,heleftit,andenteredthatofIsaactheJew,liftingthelatchasgentlyashecould.

           TheinmatewaslyingintroubledslumberuponacouchsimilartothatonwhichthePalmerhimselfhadpassedthenight.SuchpartsofhisdressastheJewhadlaidasideontheprecedingevening,weredisposedcarefullyaroundhisperson,asiftopreventthehazardoftheirbeingcarriedoffduringhisslumbers.Therewasatroubleonhisbrowamountingalmosttoagony.Hishandsandarmsmovedconvulsively,asifstrugglingwiththenightmare;andbesidesseveralejaculationsinHebrew,thefollowingweredistinctlyheardintheNorman-English,ormixedlanguageofthecountry:"ForthesakeoftheGodofAbraham,spareanunhappyoldman!Iampoor,Iampennilessshouldyourironswrenchmylimbsasunder,Icouldnotgratifyyou!"

           ThePalmerawaitednottheendoftheJew’svision,butstirredhimwithhispilgrim’sstaff.

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