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Chapter 11

           

           ItisnotmuchtothepurposewhetheragateinthatgardenwallwhichIhadscrambleduptopeepoveronthelastoccasionwas,onthatlastoccasion,openorshut.EnoughthatIsawnogatethen,andthatIsawonenow.Asitstoodopen,andasIknewthatEstellahadletthevisitorsoutforshehadreturnedwiththekeysinherhandIstrolledintothegarden,andstrolledalloverit.Itwasquiteawilderness,andtherewereoldmelon-framesandcucumber-framesinit,whichseemedintheirdeclinetohaveproducedaspontaneousgrowthofweakattemptsatpiecesofoldhatsandboots,withnowandthenaweedyoffshootintothelikenessofabatteredsaucepan.

           WhenIhadexhaustedthegardenandagreenhousewithnothinginitbutafallen-downgrape-vineandsomebottles,IfoundmyselfinthedismalcorneruponwhichIhadlookedoutofthewindow.Neverquestioningforamomentthatthehousewasnowempty,Ilookedinatanotherwindow,andfoundmyself,tomygreatsurprise,exchangingabroadstarewithapaleyounggentlemanwithredeyelidsandlighthair.

           Thispaleyounggentlemanquicklydisappeared,andreappearedbesideme.HehadbeenathisbookswhenIhadfoundmyselfstaringathim,andInowsawthathewasinky.

           "Halloa!"saidhe,"youngfellow!"

           HalloabeingageneralobservationwhichIhadusuallyobservedtobebestansweredbyitself,Isaid,"Halloa!"politelyomittingyoungfellow.

           "Wholetyouin?"saidhe.

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