Chapter 18

           

           TheJollySandboyswasasmallroad-sideinnofprettyancientdate,withasign,representingthreeSandboysincreasingtheirjollitywithasmanyjugsofaleandbagsofgold,creakingandswingingonitspostontheoppositesideoftheroad.Asthetravellershadobservedthatdaymanyindicationsoftheirdrawingnearerandnearertotheracetown,suchasgipsycamps,cartsladenwithgamblingboothsandtheirappurtenances,itinerantshowmenofvariouskinds,andbeggarsandtrampersofeverydegree,allwendingtheirwayinthesamedirection,MrCodlinwasfearfuloffindingtheaccommodationsforestalled;thisfearincreasingashediminishedthedistancebetweenhimselfandthehostelry,hequickenedhispace,andnotwithstandingtheburdenhehadtocarry,maintainedaroundtrotuntilhereachedthethreshold.Herehehadthegratificationoffindingthathisfearswerewithoutfoundation,forthelandlordwasleaningagainstthedoor-postlookinglazilyattherain,whichhadbythistimebeguntodescendheavily,andnotinklingofcrackedbell,norboisterousshout,nornoisychorus,gavenoteofcompanywithin.

           ‘Allalone?’saidMrCodlin,puttingdownhisburdenandwipinghisforehead.

           ‘Allaloneasyet,’rejoinedthelandlord,glancingatthesky,‘butweshallhavemorecompanyto-nightIexpect.Hereoneofyouboys,carrythatshowintothebarn.Makehasteinoutofthewet,Tom;whenitcameontorainItold‘emtomakethefireup,andthere’sagloriousblazeinthekitchen,Icantellyou.

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