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           Thentherecomestheartistofapicturenewspaper,withaforegroundandfiguresreadydrawnforanythingfromawreckontheCornishcoasttoareviewinHydeParkorameetinginManchester,andinMrs.Perkins’ownroom,memorableevermore,hethenandtherethrowsinupontheblockMr.Krook’shouse,aslargeaslife;infact,considerablylarger,makingaverytempleofit.Similarly,beingpermittedtolookinatthedoorofthefatalchamber,hedepictsthatapartmentasthree-quartersofamilelongbyfiftyyardshigh,atwhichthecourtisparticularlycharmed.AllthistimethetwogentlemenbeforementionedpopinandoutofeveryhouseandassistatthephilosophicaldisputationsgoeverywhereandlistentoeverybodyandyetarealwaysdivingintotheSol’sparlourandwritingwiththeravenouslittlepensonthetissue-paper.Atlastcomethecoronerandhisinquiry,likeasbefore,exceptthatthecoronercherishesthiscaseasbeingoutofthecommonwayandtellsthegentlemenofthejury,inhisprivatecapacity,that"thatwouldseemtobeanunluckyhousenextdoor,gentlemen,adestinedhouse;butsowesometimesfindit,andthesearemysterieswecan’taccountfor!"Afterwhichthesix-footercomesintoactionandismuchadmired.InalltheseproceedingsMr.Guppyhassoslightapart,exceptwhenhegiveshisevidence,thatheismovedonlikeaprivateindividualandcanonlyhauntthesecrethouseontheoutside,wherehehasthemortificationofseeingMr.Smallweedpadlockingthedoor,andofbitterlyknowinghimselftobeshutout.

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