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Bell Yard

           ""WasheIdon’tknowhowtoshapethequestion"murmuredmyguardian,"industrious?""WasNeckett?"saidtheboy."Yes,werymuchso.Hewasnevertiredofwatching.He’dsetuponapostatastreetcornereightortenhoursatastretchifheundertooktodoit.""Hemighthavedoneworse,"Iheardmyguardiansoliloquize."Hemighthaveundertakentodoitandnotdoneit.Thankyou.That’sallIwant."Welefttheboy,withhisheadononesideandhisarmsonthegate,fondlingandsuckingthespikes,andwentbacktoLincoln’sInn,whereMr.Skimpole,whohadnotcaredtoremainnearerCoavinses,awaitedus.ThenweallwenttoBellYard,anarrowalleyataveryshortdistance.Wesoonfoundthechandler’sshop.Initwasagood-natured-lookingoldwomanwithadropsy,oranasthma,orperhapsboth."Neckett’schildren?"saidsheinreplytomyinquiry."Yes,Surely,miss.Threepair,ifyouplease.Doorrightoppositethestairs."Andshehandedmethekeyacrossthecounter.Iglancedatthekeyandglancedather,butshetookitforgrantedthatIknewwhattodowithit.Asitcouldonlybeintendedforthechildren’sdoor,Icameoutwithoutaskinganymorequestionsandledthewayupthedarkstairs.Wewentasquietlyaswecould,butfourofusmadesomenoiseontheagedboards,andwhenwecametothesecondstorywefoundwehaddisturbedamanwhowasstandingtherelookingoutofhisroom."IsitGridleythat’swanted?"hesaid,fixinghiseyesonmewithanangrystare."No,sir,"saidI;"Iamgoinghigherup."HelookedatAda,andatMr.Jarndyce,andatMr.

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