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Esther’s Narrative

           Youkeepyourselfcoolandequalforanythingthatmayhappen,andit’llbethebetterforyou,thebetterforme,thebetterforLadyDedlock,andthebetterforSirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet."Hewasreallyverykindandgentle,andashestoodbeforethefirewarminghisbootsandrubbinghisfacewithhisforefinger,Ifeltaconfidenceinhissagacitywhichreassuredme.ItwasnotyetaquartertotwowhenIheardhorses’feetandwheelsoutside."Now,MissSummerson,"saidhe,"weareoff,ifyouplease!"Hegavemehisarm,andthetwoofficerscourteouslybowedmeout,andwefoundatthedooraphaetonorbarouchewithapostilionandposthorses.Mr.Buckethandedmeinandtookhisownseatonthebox.Themaninuniformwhomhehadsenttofetchthisequipagethenhandedhimupadarklanternathisrequest,andwhenhehadgivenafewdirectionstothedriver,werattledaway.IwasfarfromsurethatIwasnotinadream.WerattledwithgreatrapiditythroughsuchalabyrinthofstreetsthatIsoonlostallideawherewewere,exceptthatwehadcrossedandre-crossedtheriver,andstillseemedtobetraversingalow-lying,waterside,denseneighbourhoodofnarrowthoroughfareschequeredbydocksandbasins,highpilesofwarehouses,swing-bridges,andmastsofships.Atlengthwestoppedatthecornerofalittleslimyturning,whichthewindfromtheriver,rushingupit,didnotpurify;andIsawmycompanion,bythelightofhislantern,inconferencewithseveralmenwholookedlikeamixtureofpoliceandsailors.

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