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Chapter 73

           Thereweremanysuchwhispersastheseincirculation;butthetruthappearstobethat,afterthelapseofsomefiveyears(duringwhichthereisnodirectevidenceofherhavingbeenseenatall),twowretchedpeopleweremorethanonceobservedtocrawlatduskfromtheinmostrecessesofStGiles’s,andtotaketheirwayalongthestreets,withshufflingstepsandcoweringshiveringforms,lookingintotheroadsandkennelsastheywentinsearchofrefusefoodordisregardedoffal.Theseformswereneverbeheldbutinthosenightsofcoldandgloom,whentheterriblespectres,wholieatallothertimesintheobscenehiding-placesofLondon,inarchways,darkvaultsandcellars,venturetocreepintothestreets;theembodiedspiritsofDisease,andVice,andFamine.Itwaswhisperedbythosewhoshouldhaveknown,thatthesewereSampsonandhissisterSally;andtothisday,itissaid,theysometimespass,onbadnights,inthesameloathsomeguise,closeattheelbowoftheshrinkingpassenger.

           ThebodyofQuilpbeingfoundthoughnotuntilsomedayshadelapsedaninquestwasheldonitnearthespotwhereithadbeenwashedashore.Thegeneralsuppositionwasthathehadcommittedsuicide,and,thisappearingtobefavouredbyallthecircumstancesofhisdeath,theverdictwastothateffect.Hewaslefttobeburiedwithastakethroughhisheartinthecentreoffourlonelyroads.

           Itwasrumouredafterwardsthatthishorribleandbarbarousceremonyhadbeendispensedwith,andthattheremainshadbeensecretlygivenuptoTomScott.

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