The carpet was a quiet drugget and not excessively worn, and the
bed in the corner was covered by a white quilt. "My friends need not fear my return. It seems he does not
inherit the title. He knew she would be there, practicing
alone in 118. He had not noticed the girl particularly when she offered the sandwiches; but in
this moment he found her beautiful. I know something about
men. —What do you know of Thames?—
Where is he?"
"Don't agitate yourself, dearest girl," rejoined the woollen-draper; "or I shall
never be able to commence my relation. I wrenched this off, and in an envelope addressed to me in faded ink, I
found the locket and the pearls. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect.
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