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Chapter 39

           Heshiftedhispositionrestlessly;and,afterdozingagain,andagain,fortwoorthreeminutes,andasoftenspringingupwithalookofterror,andgazingvacantlyabouthim,wassuddenlystricken,asitwere,whileintheveryattitudeofrising,intoadeepandheavysleep.Thegraspofhishandrelaxed;theupraisedarmfelllanguidlybyhisside;andhelaylikeoneinaprofoundtrance.

           ‘Thelaudanumhastakeneffectatlast,’murmuredthegirl,assherosefromthebedside.‘Imaybetoolate,evennow.

           Shehastilydressedherselfinherbonnetandshawl:lookingfearfullyround,fromtimetotime,asif,despitethesleepingdraught,sheexpectedeverymomenttofeelthepressureofSikes’sheavyhanduponhershoulder;then,stoopingsoftlyoverthebed,shekissedtherobber’slips;andthenopeningandclosingtheroom-doorwithnoiselesstouch,hurriedfromthehouse.

           Awatchmanwascryinghalf-pastnine,downadarkpassagethroughwhichshehadtopass,ingainingthemainthoroughfare.

           ‘Hasitlonggonethehalf-hour?’askedthegirl.

           ‘It’llstrikethehourinanotherquarter,’saidtheman:raisinghislanterntoherface.

           ‘AndIcannotgetthereinlessthananhourormore,’mutteredNancy:brushingswiftlypasthim,andglidingrapidlydownthestreet.

           Manyoftheshopswerealreadyclosinginthebacklanesandavenuesthroughwhichshetrackedherway,inmakingfromSpitalfieldstowardstheWest–EndofLondon.Theclockstruckten,increasingherimpatience.

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