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Chapter 20. Introduces the next

           AfterbeingminutelyinspectedbyalltheEnglish,andclaimedandreclaimedandcounter-claimedasprizesbyalltheFrenchinahand-to-handscufflethreequartersofamilelong,theywereatlastfreetoenterthestreets,andtomakeoffintheirvariousdirections,hotlypursued.

           Clennam,harassedbymoreanxietiesthanone,wasamongthisdevotedband.Havingrescuedthemostdefencelessofhiscompatriotsfromsituationsofgreatextremity,henowwenthiswayalone,orasnearlyaloneashecouldbe,withanativegentlemaninasuitofgreaseandacapofthesamematerial,givingchaseatadistanceofsomefiftyyards,andcontinuallycallingafterhim,‘Hi!Ice-say!You!Seer!Ice-say!NiceOatel!’

           Eventhishospitableperson,however,wasleftbehindatlast,andClennampursuedhisway,unmolested.TherewasatranquilairinthetownaftertheturbulenceoftheChannelandthebeach,anditsdulnessinthatcomparisonwasagreeable.Hemetnewgroupsofhiscountrymen,whohadallastragglingairofhavingatonetimeoverblownthemselves,likecertainuncomfortablekindsofflowers,andofbeingnowmereweeds.Theyhadallanair,too,ofloungingoutalimitedround,dayafterday,whichstronglyremindedhimoftheMarshalsea.But,takingnofurthernoteofthemthanwassufficienttogivebirthtothereflection,hesoughtoutacertainstreetandnumberwhichhekeptinhismind.

           ‘SoPanckssaid,’hemurmuredtohimself,ashestoppedbeforeadullhouseansweringtotheaddress.

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