Chapter XLVII

           

           IhavetriedtoputsomeconnectionintothevariousthingsCaptainNicholstoldmeaboutStrickland,andIheresetthemdowninthebestorderIcan.Theymadeoneanother’sacquaintanceduringthelatterpartofthewinterfollowingmylastmeetingwithStricklandinParis.HowhehadpassedtheinterveningmonthsIdonotknow,butlifemusthavebeenveryhard,forCaptainNicholssawhimfirstintheAsiledeNuit.TherewasastrikeatMarseillesatthetime,andStrickland,havingcometotheendofhisresources,hadapparentlyfounditimpossibletoearnthesmallsumheneededtokeepbodyandsoultogether.

           TheAsiledeNuitisalargestonebuildingwherepauperandvagabondmaygetabedforaweek,providedtheirpapersareinorderandtheycanpersuadethefriarsinchargethattheyareworkingmen.CaptainNicholsnoticedStricklandforhissizeandhissingularappearanceamongthecrowdthatwaitedforthedoorstoopen;theywaitedlistlessly,somewalkingtoandfro,someleaningagainstthewall,andothersseatedonthecurbwiththeirfeetinthegutter;andwhentheyfiledintotheofficeheheardthemonkwhoreadhispapersaddresshiminEnglish.Buthedidnothaveachancetospeaktohim,since,asheenteredthecommon-room,amonkcameinwithahugeBibleinhisarms,mountedapulpitwhichwasattheendoftheroom,andbegantheservicewhichthewretchedoutcastshadtoendureasthepriceoftheirlodging.

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