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Crawley of Queen’s Crawley

           StillImustbearmyhardlotaswellasIcanatleast,IshallbeamongstGENTLEFOLKS,andnotwithvulgarcitypeople":andshefelltothinkingofherRussellSquarefriendswiththatverysamephilosophicalbitternesswithwhich,inacertainapologue,thefoxisrepresentedasspeakingofthegrapes.

           HavingpassedthroughGauntSquareintoGreatGauntStreet,thecarriageatlengthstoppedatatallgloomyhousebetweentwoothertallgloomyhouses,eachwithahatchmentoverthemiddledrawing-roomwindow;asisthecustomofhousesinGreatGauntStreet,inwhichgloomylocalitydeathseemstoreignperpetual.Theshuttersofthefirst-floorwindowsofSirPitt’smansionwereclosedthoseofthedining-roomwerepartiallyopen,andtheblindsneatlycoveredupinoldnewspapers.

           John,thegroom,whohaddriventhecarriagealone,didnotcaretodescendtoringthebell;andsoprayedapassingmilk-boytoperformthatofficeforhim.Whenthebellwasrung,aheadappearedbetweentheintersticesofthedining-roomshutters,andthedoorwasopenedbyamanindrabbreechesandgaiters,withadirtyoldcoat,afouloldneckclothlashedroundhisbristlyneck,ashiningbaldhead,aleeringredface,apairoftwinklinggreyeyes,andamouthperpetuallyonthegrin.

           "ThisSirPittCrawley’s?"saysJohn,fromthebox.

           "Ees,"saysthemanatthedoor,withanod.

           "Handdownthese’eretrunksthen,"saidJohn.

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