Chapter 33

           

           Asthecourseofthistalerequiresthatweshouldbecomeacquainted,somewherehereabouts,withafewparticularsconnectedwiththedomesticeconomyofMrSampsonBrass,andasamoreconvenientplacethanthepresentisnotlikelytooccurforthatpurpose,thehistoriantakesthefriendlyreaderbythehand,andspringingwithhimintotheair,andcleavingthesameatagreaterratethaneverDonCleophasLeandroPerezZambulloandhisfamiliartravelledthroughthatpleasantregionincompany,alightswithhimuponthepavementofBevisMarks.

           Theintrepidaeronautsalightbeforeasmalldarkhouse,oncetheresidenceofMrSampsonBrass.

           Intheparlourwindowofthislittlehabitation,whichissocloseuponthefootwaythatthepassengerwhotakesthewallbrushesthedimglasswithhiscoatsleevemuchtoitsimprovement,foritisverydirtyinthisparlourwindowinthedaysofitsoccupationbySampsonBrass,therehung,allawryandslack,anddiscolouredbythesun,acurtainoffadedgreen,sothreadbarefromlongserviceasbynomeanstointercepttheviewofthelittledarkroom,butrathertoaffordafavourablemediumthroughwhichtoobserveitaccurately.Therewasnotmuchtolookat.

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