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Chapter 28

           Atthispointofthenarrativethecookturnedpale,andaskedthehousemaidtoshutthedoor:whoaskedBrittles,whoaskedthetinker,whopretendednottohear.

           Heerdanoise,’continuedMr.Giles.‘Isays,atfirst,"Thisisillusion";andwascomposingmyselfofftosleep,whenIheerdthenoiseagain,distinct.

           ‘Whatsortofanoise?’askedthecook.

           ‘Akindofabustingnoise,’repliedMr.Giles,lookingroundhim.

           ‘Morelikethenoiseofpowderingaironbaronanutmeg-grater,’suggestedBrittles.

           ‘Itwas,whenyouHEERDit,sir,’rejoinedMr.Giles;‘but,atthistime,ithadabustingsound.Iturneddowntheclothes’;continuedGiles,rollingbackthetable-cloth,‘satupinbed;andlistened.

           Thecookandhousemaidsimultaneouslyejaculated‘Lor!’anddrewtheirchairsclosertogether.

           ‘Iheerditnow,quiteapparent,’resumedMr.Giles.‘"Somebody,"Isays,"isforcingofadoor,orwindow;what’stobedone?I’llcallupthatpoorlad,Brittles,andsavehimfrombeingmurderedinhisbed;orhisthroat,"Isays,"maybecutfromhisrighteartohisleft,withouthiseverknowingit."’

           Here,alleyeswereturneduponBrittles,whofixedhisuponthespeaker,andstaredathim,withhismouthwideopen,andhisfaceexpressiveofthemostunmitigatedhorror.

           ‘Itossedofftheclothes,’saidGiles,throwingawaythetable-cloth,andlookingveryhardatthecookandhousemaid,‘gotsoftlyoutofbed;drewonapairof

           ‘Ladiespresent,Mr.Giles,’murmuredthetinker.

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