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Tom-all-Alone’s

           Stopoppositetoeach,anddon’tspeaktomeunlessIspeaktoyou.Don’tlookback.DowhatIwant,andIwillpayyouwell."Joattendscloselywhilethewordsarebeingspoken;tellsthemoffonhisbroom-handle,findingthemratherhard;pausestoconsidertheirmeaning;considersitsatisfactory;andnodshisraggedhead."I’mfly,"saysJo."Butfenlarks,youknow.Stowhookingit!""Whatdoesthehorriblecreaturemean?"exclaimstheservant,recoilingfromhim."Stowcuttingaway,youknow!"saysJo."Idon’tunderstandyou.Goonbefore!Iwillgiveyoumoremoneythanyoueverhadinyourlife."Joscrewsuphismouthintoawhistle,giveshisraggedheadarub,takeshisbroomunderhisarm,andleadstheway,passingdeftlywithhisbarefeetoverthehardstonesandthroughthemudandmire.Cook’sCourt.Jostops.Apause."Wholiveshere?""Himwotgivehimhiswritingandgivemehalfabull,"saysJoinawhisperwithoutlookingoverhisshoulder."Goontothenext."Krook’shouse.Jostopsagain.Alongerpause."Wholiveshere?""HElivedhere,"Joanswersasbefore.Afterasilenceheisasked,"Inwhichroom?""Inthebackroomupthere.Youcanseethewinderfromthiscorner.Upthere!That’swhereIseehimstritchedout.Thisisthepublic-ousewhereIwastookto.""Goontothenext!"Itisalongerwalktothenext,butJo,relievedofhisfirstsuspicions,stickstotheformsimposeduponhimanddoesnotlookround.Bymanydeviousways,reekingwithoffenceofmanykinds,theycometothelittletunnelofacourt,andtothegas-lamp(lightednow),andtotheirongate.

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