Chapter 42

           UponthenightwhenNancy,havinglulledMr.Sikestosleep,hurriedonherself-imposedmissiontoRoseMaylie,thereadvancedtowardsLondon,bytheGreatNorthRoad,twopersons,uponwhomitisexpedientthatthishistoryshouldbestowsomeattention.

           Theywereamanandwoman;orperhapstheywouldbebetterdescribedasamaleandfemale:fortheformerwasoneofthoselong-limbed,knock-kneed,shambling,bonypeople,towhomitisdifficulttoassignanypreciseagelookingastheydo,whentheyareyetboys,likeundergrownmen,andwhentheyarealmostmen,likeovergrownboys.Thewomanwasyoung,butofarobustandhardymake,assheneedhavebeentobeartheweightoftheheavybundlewhichwasstrappedtoherback.Hercompanionwasnotencumberedwithmuchluggage,astheremerelydangledfromastickwhichhecarriedoverhisshoulder,asmallparcelwrappedinacommonhandkerchief,andapparentlylightenough.Thiscircumstance,addedtothelengthofhislegs,whichwereofunusualextent,enabledhimwithmucheasetokeepsomehalf-dozenpacesinadvanceofhiscompanion,towhomheoccasionallyturnedwithanimpatientjerkofthehead:asifreproachinghertardiness,andurginghertogreaterexertion.

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