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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           Thespotteddogswhowentoutwiththecarriages,andwhoweresoassociatedwithsplendidequipagesthatitlookedlikeacondescensioninthoseanimalstocomeoutwithoutthem,accompaniedhelperstoandfroonmessages.Hereandtherewasaretiringpublic-housewhichdidnotrequiretobesupportedontheshouldersofthepeople,andwheregentlemenoutofliverywerenotmuchwanted.

           Thislastdiscoverywasmadebythetwofriendsinpursuingtheirinquiries.Nothingwasthere,oranywhere,knownofsuchapersonasMissWade,inconnectionwiththestreettheysought.Itwasoneoftheparasitestreets;long,regular,narrow,dullandgloomy;likeabrickandmortarfuneral.Theyinquiredatseverallittleareagates,whereadejectedyouthstoodspikinghischinonthesummitofaprecipitouslittleshootofwoodensteps,butcouldgainnoinformation.Theywalkedupthestreetononesideoftheway,anddownitontheother,whattimetwovociferousnews-sellers,announcinganextraordinaryeventthathadneverhappenedandneverwouldhappen,pitchedtheirhoarsevoicesintothesecretchambers;butnothingcameofit.Atlengththeystoodatthecornerfromwhichtheyhadbegun,andithadfallenquitedark,andtheywerenowiser.

           Ithappenedthatinthestreettheyhadseveraltimespassedadingyhouse,apparentlyempty,withbillsinthewindows,announcingthatitwastolet.Thebills,asavarietyinthefuneralprocession,almostamountedtoadecoration.

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