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the lot, if I'd my way,' he says, 'like the Frenchies did in

Ninety-three,' 'e says But 'e wouldn't reelly o'course, for Nick's

very tender-hearted, though 'e don't like it known So we 're pals,

we are, and I often drop in to smoke a pipe wiv 'im--"

"What! Do you srooms smokes or chews, but I

prefers a pipe--allus 'ave, ah! ever since I were a kid But I

mostly only 'as a pipe when I drop in on my pal Nick in Giles's Rents"

"Down by the River?" inquired Barnabas

"Yessir And now, shall I horder the post-boy to stop?"

"What for?"

"Well, the stables is near by, sir, and I thought as you limp at the 'osses,--just to make your mind easy, sir"

"Oh, very well!" said Barnabas, for there was soer face that he could not resist

Therefore, having paid and dismissed the chaise, they turned into a

certain narrow by-street It was very dark as yet, although in the

east was a faint, gray streak, and the air struck so chill, after

the warmth of the chaise, that Barnabas shivered violently, and,

happening to glance down, he saw that the boy was shivering also On

they went, side by side, between houses of gloom and silence, and

thus, in a while, came to another narrow street, or rather, blind

alley, at the foot of which were the stables