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Chapter 10

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           "Habit?No,"returnedthestranger,"butonceandaway,andonaSaturdaynighttoo.Come!Putanametoit,Mr.Gargery."

           "Iwouldn’twishtobestiffcompany,"saidJoe."Rum."

           "Rum,"repeatedthestranger."Andwilltheothergentlemanoriginateasentiment."

           "Rum,"saidMr.Wopsle.

           "ThreeRums!"criedthestranger,callingtothelandlord."Glassesround!"

           "Thisothergentleman,"observedJoe,bywayofintroducingMr.Wopsle,"isagentlemanthatyouwouldliketoheargiveitout.Ourclerkatchurch."

           "Aha!"saidthestranger,quickly,andcockinghiseyeatme."Thelonelychurch,rightoutonthemarshes,withgravesroundit!"

           "That’sit,"saidJoe.

           Thestranger,withacomfortablekindofgruntoverhispipe,puthislegsuponthesettlethathehadtohimself.Heworeaflappingbroad-brimmedtraveller’shat,andunderitahandkerchieftiedoverhisheadinthemannerofacap:sothatheshowednohair.Ashelookedatthefire,IthoughtIsawacunningexpression,followedbyahalf-laugh,comeintohisface.

           "Iamnotacquaintedwiththiscountry,gentlemen,butitseemsasolitarycountrytowardstheriver."

           "Mostmarshesissolitary,"saidJoe.

           "Nodoubt,nodoubt.Doyoufindanygypsies,now,ortramps,orvagrantsofanysort,outthere?"

           "No,"saidJoe;"nonebutarunawayconvictnowandthen.

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