Chapter 26

           Theoldmanhadgainedthestreetcorner,beforehebegantorecovertheeffectofTobyCrackit’sintelligence.Hehadrelaxednothingofhisunusualspeed;butwasstillpressingonward,inthesamewildanddisorderedmanner,whenthesuddendashingpastofacarriage:andaboisterouscryfromthefootpassengers,whosawhisdanger:drovehimbackuponthepavement.Avoiding,asmuchaswaspossible,allthemainstreets,andskulkingonlythroughtheby-waysandalleys,heatlengthemergedonSnowHill.Herehewalkedevenfasterthanbefore;nordidhelingeruntilhehadagainturnedintoacourt;when,asifconsciousthathewasnowinhisproperelement,hefellintohisusualshufflingpace,andseemedtobreathemorefreely.

           NeartothespotonwhichSnowHillandHolbornHillmeet,opens,upontherighthandasyoucomeoutoftheCity,anarrowanddismalalley,leadingtoSaffronHill.Initsfilthyshopsareexposedforsalehugebunchesofsecond-handsilkhandkerchiefs,ofallsizesandpatterns;forhereresidethetraderswhopurchasethemfrompick-pockets.Hundredsofthesehandkerchiefshangdanglingfrompegsoutsidethewindowsorflauntingfromthedoor-posts;andtheshelves,within,arepiledwiththem.ConfinedasthelimitsofFieldLaneare,ithasitsbarber,itscoffee-shop,itsbeer-shop,anditsfried-fishwarehouse.Itisacommercialcolonyofitself:theemporiumofpettylarceny:visitedatearlymorning,andsetting-inofdusk,bysilentmerchants,whotrafficindarkback-parlours,andwhogoasstrangelyastheycome.

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