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Chapter 6

           ThePalmerreceivedtheboonwithanotherlowreverence,andfollowedEdwinaoutoftheapartment.

           IntheanteroomhefoundhisattendantAnwold,who,takingthetorchfromthehandofthewaiting-maid,conductedhimwithmorehastethanceremonytoanexteriorandignoblepartofthebuilding,whereanumberofsmallapartments,orrathercells,servedforsleepingplacestothelowerorderofdomestics,andtostrangersofmeandegree.

           "InwhichofthesesleepstheJew?"saidthePilgrim.

           "Theunbelievingdog,"answeredAnwold,"kennelsinthecellnextyourholiness.StDunstan,howitmustbescrapedandcleansedereitbeagainfitforaChristian!"

           "AndwheresleepsGurththeswineherd?"saidthestranger.

           "Gurth,"repliedthebondsman,"sleepsinthecellonyourright,astheJewonthattoyourleft;youservetokeepthechildofcircumcisionseparatefromtheabominationofhistribe.YoumighthaveoccupiedamorehonourableplacehadyouacceptedofOswald’sinvitation."

           "Itisaswellasitis,"saidthePalmer;"thecompany,evenofaJew,canhardlyspreadcontaminationthroughanoakenpartition."

           Sosaying,heenteredthecabinallottedtohim,andtakingthetorchfromthedomestic’shand,thankedhim,andwishedhimgood-night.Havingshutthedoorofhiscell,heplacedthetorchinacandlestickmadeofwood,andlookedaroundhissleepingapartment,thefurnitureofwhichwasofthemostsimplekind.

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