A Rescue and a Catastrophe

           FriendRawdondroveonthentoMr.Moss’smansioninCursitorStreet,andwasdulyinductedintothatdismalplaceofhospitality.Morningwasbreakingoverthecheerfulhouse-topsofChanceryLaneastherattlingcabwokeuptheechoesthere.Alittlepink-eyedJew-boy,withaheadasruddyastherisingmorn,letthepartyintothehouse,andRawdonwaswelcomedtotheground-floorapartmentsbyMr.Moss,histravellingcompanionandhost,whocheerfullyaskedhimifhewouldlikeaglassofsomethingwarmafterhisdrive.

           TheColonelwasnotsodepressedassomemortalswouldbe,who,quittingapalaceandaplacensuxor,findthemselvesbarredintoaspunging-house;for,ifthetruthmustbetold,hehadbeenalodgeratMr.Moss’sestablishmentonceortwicebefore.Wehavenotthoughtitnecessaryinthepreviouscourseofthisnarrativetomentionthesetriviallittledomesticincidents:butthereadermaybeassuredthattheycan’tunfrequentlyoccurinthelifeofamanwholivesonnothingayear.

           UponhisfirstvisittoMr.

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