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Chapter 42

           ‘Wewanttosleephereto-night.

           ‘I’bdotcertaidyoucad,’saidBarney,whowastheattendantsprite;‘butI’llidquire.

           ‘Showusthetap,andgiveusabitofcoldmeatandadropofbeerwhileyerinquiring,willyer?’saidNoah.

           Barneycompliedbyusheringthemintoasmallback-room,andsettingtherequiredviandsbeforethem;havingdonewhich,heinformedthetravellersthattheycouldbelodgedthatnight,andlefttheamiablecoupletotheirrefreshment.

           Now,thisback-roomwasimmediatelybehindthebar,andsomestepslower,sothatanypersonconnectedwiththehouse,undrawingasmallcurtainwhichconcealedasinglepaneofglassfixedinthewallofthelast-namedapartment,aboutfivefeetfromitsflooring,couldnotonlylookdownuponanyguestsintheback-roomwithoutanygreathazardofbeingobserved(theglassbeinginadarkangleofthewall,betweenwhichandalargeuprightbeamtheobserverhadtothrusthimself),butcould,byapplyinghiseartothepartition,ascertainwithtolerabledistinctness,theirsubjectofconversation.Thelandlordofthehousehadnotwithdrawnhiseyefromthisplaceofespialforfiveminutes,andBarneyhadonlyjustreturnedfrommakingthecommunicationaboverelated,whenFagin,inthecourseofhisevening’sbusiness,cameintothebartoinquireaftersomeofhisyoungpupils.

           ‘Hush!’saidBarney:‘stradegersidthenextroob.

           ‘Strangers!’repeatedtheoldmaninawhisper.

           ‘Ah!Adrubudstoo,’addedBarney.

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