Interlopers

           Nowdothosetwogentlemennotveryneataboutthecuffsandbuttonswhoattendedthelastcoroner’sinquestattheSol’sArmsreappearintheprecinctswithsurprisingswiftness(being,infact,breathlesslyfetchedbytheactiveandintelligentbeadle),andinstituteperquisitionsthroughthecourt,anddiveintotheSol’sparlour,andwritewithravenouslittlepensontissue-paper.Nowdotheynotedown,inthewatchesofthenight,howtheneighbourhoodofChanceryLanewasyesterday,ataboutmidnight,thrownintoastateofthemostintenseagitationandexcitementbythefollowingalarmingandhorriblediscovery.Nowdotheysetforthhowitwilldoubtlessberememberedthatsometimebackapainfulsensationwascreatedinthepublicmindbyacaseofmysteriousdeathfromopiumoccurringinthefirstfloorofthehouseoccupiedasarag,bottle,andgeneralmarinestoreshop,byaneccentricindividualofintemperatehabits,faradvancedinlife,namedKrook;andhow,byaremarkablecoincidence,Krookwasexaminedattheinquest,whichitmayberecollectedwasheldonthatoccasionattheSol’sArms,awell-conductedtavernimmediatelyadjoiningthepremisesinquestiononthewestsideandlicensedtoahighlyrespectablelandlord,Mr.JamesGeorgeBogsby.Nowdotheyshow(inasmanywordsaspossible)howduringsomehoursofyesterdayeveningaverypeculiarsmellwasobservedbytheinhabitantsofthecourt,inwhichthetragicaloccurrencewhichformsthesubjectofthatpresentaccounttranspired;andwhichodourwasatonetimesopowerfulthatMr.

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