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           Thepolicemanconsidershimanimbecilecivilian,aremnantofthebarbarouswatchmentimes,butgiveshimadmissionassomethingthatmustbebornewithuntilgovernmentshallabolishhim.Thesensationisheightenedasthetidingsspreadfrommouthtomouththatthebeadleisonthegroundandhasgonein.Byandbythebeadlecomesout,oncemoreintensifyingthesensation,whichhasratherlanguishedintheinterval.Heisunderstoodtobeinwantofwitnessesfortheinquestto-morrowwhocantellthecoronerandjuryanythingwhateverrespectingthedeceased.Isimmediatelyreferredtoinnumerablepeoplewhocantellnothingwhatever.IsmademoreimbecilebybeingconstantlyinformedthatMrs.Green’sson"wasalaw-writerhis-selfandknowedhimbetterthananybody,"whichsonofMrs.Green’sappears,oninquiry,tobeatthepresenttimeaboardavesselboundforChina,threemonthsout,butconsideredaccessiblebytelegraphonapplicationtotheLordsoftheAdmiralty.Beadlegoesintovariousshopsandparlours,examiningtheinhabitants,alwaysshuttingthedoorfirst,andbyexclusion,delay,andgeneralidiotcyexasperatingthepublic.Policemanseentosmiletopotboy.Publiclosesinterestandundergoesreaction.Tauntsthebeadleinshrillyouthfulvoiceswithhavingboiledaboy,chorusesfragmentsofapopularsongtothateffectandimportingthattheboywasmadeintosoupfortheworkhouse.

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