Холодный дом

Our Dear Brother

           Policemanatlastfindsitnecessarytosupportthelawandseizeavocalist,whoisreleasedupontheflightoftherestonconditionofhisgettingoutofthisthen,come,andcuttingitaconditionheimmediatelyobserves.Sothesensationdiesoffforthetime;andtheunmovedpoliceman(towhomalittleopium,moreorless,isnothing),withhisshininghat,stiffstock,inflexiblegreat-coat,stoutbeltandbracelet,andallthingsfitting,pursueshisloungingwaywithaheavytread,beatingthepalmsofhiswhiteglovesoneagainsttheotherandstoppingnowandthenatastreet-cornertolookcasuallyaboutforanythingbetweenalostchildandamurder.Undercoverofthenight,thefeeble-mindedbeadlecomesflittingaboutChanceryLanewithhissummonses,inwhicheveryjuror’snameiswronglyspelt,andnothingrightlyspeltbutthebeadle’sownname,whichnobodycanreadorwantstoknow.Thesummonsesservedandhiswitnessesforewarned,thebeadlegoestoMr.Krook’stokeepasmallappointmenthehasmadewithcertainpaupers,who,presentlyarriving,areconductedupstairs,wheretheyleavethegreateyesintheshuttersomethingnewtostareat,inthatlastshapewhichearthlylodgingstakeforNooneandforEveryone.Andallthatnightthecoffinstandsreadybytheoldportmanteau;andthelonelyfigureonthebed,whosepathinlifehaslainthroughfiveandfortyyears,liestherewithnomoretrackbehindhimthatanyonecantracethanadesertedinfant.Nextdaythecourtisallaliveislikeafair,asMrs.Perkins,morethanreconciledtoMrs.

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