The Sequel of My Resolution

           ForanythingIknow,ImayhavehadsomewildideaofrunningallthewaytoDover,whenIgaveupthepursuitoftheyoungmanwiththedonkey-cart,andstartedforGreenwich.Myscatteredsensesweresooncollectedastothatpoint,ifIhad;forIcametoastopintheKentRoad,ataterracewithapieceofwaterbeforeit,andagreatfoolishimageinthemiddle,blowingadryshell.HereIsatdownonadoorstep,quitespentandexhaustedwiththeeffortsIhadalreadymade,andwithhardlybreathenoughtocryforthelossofmyboxandhalf-guinea.

           Itwasbythistimedark;Iheardtheclocksstriketen,asIsatresting.Butitwasasummernight,fortunately,andfineweather.WhenIhadrecoveredmybreath,andhadgotridofastiflingsensationinmythroat,Iroseupandwenton.Inthemidstofmydistress,Ihadnonotionofgoingback.IdoubtifIshouldhavehadany,thoughtherehadbeenaSwisssnow-driftintheKentRoad.

           Butmystandingpossessedofonlythree-halfpenceintheworld(andIamsureIwonderhowtheycametobeleftinmypocketonaSaturdaynight!)troubledmenonethelessbecauseIwenton.Ibegantopicturetomyself,asascrapofnewspaperintelligence,mybeingfounddeadinadayortwo,undersomehedge;andItrudgedonmiserably,thoughasfastasIcould,untilIhappenedtopassalittleshop,whereitwaswrittenupthatladies’andgentlemen’swardrobeswerebought,andthatthebestpricewasgivenforrags,bones,andkitchen-stuff.

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