Chapter Sixteen (第1/2页)
Still, it took all t day to reac. e mig tation and taken a train: but I t tle money on o a place ables for ty markets. e of traffic, but a ride, in taking scarlet beans to sort of face—so I let t toget in t, a crate, my eyes on ttle nearer. I mig; but I couldnt keep from cco be busier and try o give o palings and c, tches
kerb-stones. dreo t ed, tering bills, I reacore free a strip of poster— for a sed, t it fly. It ure of a , ol. It left soot on my fingers. then I knew I was home.
From part of Londe to me, but I found I k a fork. Cimes catcook o lead reet, and ay ted in t s, —he bloody ood.
tminster, and got our first proper vieo stop.
ait, g my o my and turning a o see me so stirred up. But t part of my feelings being over, I began to think.
e oug to cross ter just yet, I said, as bump into. Suppose a fifteen to o do t of til no me, in a new way. C.
is it, miss? he said.
Notill be me out by Dr Cie. Lets cut down here.
I took reet. But t, a dark and narroreet kind of street to be caugurned instead—rand; and after a time o t tle stalls, selling sed- to t o, and boug a veil. t to me teased me.
Dont care for a , instead? oo pretty to hide.
I my , I said, impatient. Sos my arse.
C care. I put on t better. It looked badly above my bo and pale print go I t I mig of t t I said,
If I get taken by Dr Cies spies before I bring you to Mr Rivers, do you t, then?
o t Ludgate raffic its .
to her does he live?
Not muc all. But, be careful. I o t us find somew
e ended up at St Pauls. e in, and I sat in one of t and looked at tatues. I t, I must only get to Lant Street, and t of tory t Gentleman mig about ts turned against me? Say I met Jo did not urning; and be careful. I so study t ious and slo I t of my mot been cautious enoug o her.
I s Pauls ts colours, as ternoon turo nig Dr Cies, noo take us doo our suppers. e er, and a pint of tea . . . C beside me. I ly pink.
te go about icks of brass, lig in among them, in a gown of his
own.
t . It her
marked by dust.
how much money have we now, Charles? I said.
e ook o a pareet, and wo shillings.
over.
O a boy in s-sleeves!
I said t ba a day or ter, and a cup of tea.
London s they lovely?
ans.
e crossed t Blackfriars, and from t more carefully still. e kept auck to ter even to ep ook, aking me closer to o see certain familiar tain familiar people—a, again, a stir in my , t I t e undo me. turned up to t end of Lant Street and stood looking along it; and my blood rus and my rose so I sed against a my il t slower. hick. I said,
See t black door, C? ts to my oo run to t door; but I s. It aint safe.
Not safe? reets—t looked so dear to my eyes I could o his.
Not safe, I said again, ill behind us.
But I looked along treet, at Mr Ibbss door, and t t. It o temptation to go closer to it oo great. I caugood at a by, and laug my veil. I kneo be afraid again, of being seen, and reised. I t I er all, to reet; t, I just make a run at t for Mrs Sucksby? Maybe Id . I t say. For I urned, as if to rearrange my bo; and will making up my mind C o , Oh!
t my veil reet, ao let someone leman. old sloud clot . cer. I tling. t Mr Ibbss so a stop. o t of and dre a key. against tep—first t, t—to knock t from tted t, and inside. all, in t and most familiar way you imagine.
I sa my feelings o o o ruck t of to ill at Dr Cies and mig any momeaken, ser. My breatrangely, in little catc ticed. -sleeves.—Oill said. Oh! Oh!
t on his cuffs.
I cauged to run—back, ted to run, more t did. e on, I said. e, quick. t Mr Ibbss door— t of Mrs Sucksby be—t of Gentleman, cool and easy at be cay, but Street, but furt. t side. e reac beds? I said, to t t enoug to t . t last ep know was good.
Got a room? I said quickly.
Migrying to see beyond my veil.
At t? I looked up and poi one?
t one costs more.
ell for t tomorrow.
S sed gin, I kne. All rig to , put tep, and took us up a slippery staircase. to to o it, only a stone for propping it s. ters closed before it, o-side, and tick to t for opening them.
You do it like to sopped care for sunlight.
For I raig tters tle in t for ed; and he door
beook off my veil and bo myself at t.
to see, ill s, and Mrs Sucksbys ce a minute before I remembered ding, gazing at me, squeezing ween , and he jumped.
Sit do my face back^to the window.
I my jacket, he said.
You t . t it tomorrow.
I dont believe you. You told a lie to t lady, about ook t go pie. t pie made me sick. You me to a horrible house.
I you to London. Aint t ed?
I t London .
You seen t parts yet. Go to sleep. ell get your jacket ba then.
it? You just gave our so t lady
I s us anotomorrow.
how?
You mustnt ask. Go to sleep. Aint you tired?
t black .
take ther.
t one has red hairs.
Red you.
I and rub be about tain. But ter a minute he spoke, and his voice had ged.
erent Mr Riverss whough? he said.
erent t tter still. Id say o trim them.
Dont !
ting c t cs keep c mouse- minding t t . t grew dark, and
treet—t reet, in summer—grey and still, to the floor; a baby cried. A
girl—sill I
cruck off t every one of t last came tening out for ters—still cill ing; but beginning to I would see—whis happened:
t and a s nearly fleo bits. e, and saffeta gourned from me, alking to someone else fart t ... I saaking off to ted o rest it upon tood , and greill. Only t, It t be her.
ted of treet-lamp fell full upon it; and I cried out loud.
S turned o look at me, to y street and te a minute. I dont t time. I dont tayed open— I sa last. turned bato took a step ao ed o unfasten t the back of her collar.
then came darkness.
I moved back from te face ed
treetligriking it—on t. I turned from the glass. My cry had woken Charles, and I suppose my look eculiar.
Miss, ? he said in a whisper.
I put my h.
Oook a couple of staggering steps toell me who I am!
ho, miss?
Not miss, dont call me missl I never one.—Oakeake e. Sonight!
I ran in a kind of fever, back to tter, to look at t I climb to t, creep in, and stab knife?
I ran again, and caug up and tried its edge. Not s me, to op, and dre. Like to C edge? e on, e on. Youre t you?
cerror; trembling fingers, ss good, I said. t s point against . topped. But, dont you t, after all, a deatabbing es rat ougo find a slo of stifling, strangling, beating ake longer; and oo s tter?
o tood it, and begun to quiver.
— You aint to be at Briar!
I said, Look at you. You aint t boy had nerve.
I Mr Rivers!
I laug ne quite t you t her. Mr Rivers is a devil and a rogue.
epped forward. !
old everyone I was me in a mad was, signed my order?
If , it must rue!
hes a villain.
Briar said so.
tten.
o fists. I dont care! he cried.
You to man for a devil?
Better t, t upon te you!
And I e you, I said, you fug nancy
I still one in my at him.
It missed a foot; but t striking t as badly as t it from me. I touc . I to C beside ried to push me away.
Get off me! care!
to me, I said, in a steadier voice. I dont e you, truly. And you mustnt e me. I am all youve got. You your place at Briar, and your aunty dont you. You t go back to try no my o beaken by ter of a s? Dont cry, fods sake!—o sob.—You t like to cry? I ed, and t ced me is lying at t in my o er tand. tter of life ah. I was
fooliso say I me t, Coo o t;
ill g; and no last, I began to cry, too. I put my arm about o my sil, finally, someone in t dan to bang on t for us to stop.
t afraid, now? Youll sleep, like a good boy?
oget, and , ed, and h.
But I kept nig of Maud, across treet, lying breat perfectly slender, and perfectly we and bare.
By time t. I stood at tcime but tirring, gave it up. t could . I needed no it. I made C a parting in it, took ly from took o ec, far enougo risk going about my veil. I found a spot o.
Stand nigs see you do it again.
Lets w?
I caug. o snivel. I put my reet, in an anxious us. I beed them over.
Please, sir, please, lady, I said. I just e upon try t er.
you spare a couple of fart kno know ers
cart. —__God bless you, sir! Dont cry, mate! Look, tleman is
giving you t they . . .?
Of course, tleman giving ears s. e made t first day—er, on a different street, got us our suppers. t over after t I kept, along icket to my smy jacket, Cimes an ime Id ansomorro one more day . . .
And tand at tters, my eye at t-sc its s. I , patient as a cracksman. I sao Mr Ibbs: I sa of face, made me to I go to tle later, Id see Gentleman, and be filled again to stand t tcy, ening up nigting it doress of it to .
it tood at, it s frame. And at nigake up my dle and o another.
t ty, and Mr Ibbs, and Mrs Sucksby; and I dare say Jo spiders, t to be careful, C ie, t Ive escaped? t knoing,
g for me. Ss clever!—for, in keeping ting, too. t kno. time . t get me. ell send t of t! hey, Charles?
C dark room, doing not pale, and o gro my jacket, ill said, no of bleat; but I t fotten for. For at last time it. eve ed long enougodays our day; and instead of looking pleased, ared and looked frightened.
Per ain feveris kno seemed to me I time in my life. I took o atling Street and got out of pa I kept . took reat, I said. Look out t the shops.
I found us plaext to a ay lap. t t my eye, and I smiled.
Pretty boy, s sleep for o Bow; now were on our way back.
roked ts, he!
t stop came, I made C off. t I didnt tle ladies c o C it as t mige t? he said.
Someone gave it to me. I dont believe you. Give me my jacket. In a minute. Give me my coat!
e over ts better. Noell me this: you
e?
ansil I o t over; tain, but said t tle furtil ook Co our room and a a letter. I stood ched.
rite, Mrs Sucksby, I said.
?
Dont you know?
e. It looked all rigo me. I said,
e: / in t villain your friend—so called!—Gentleman—
Yoing too fast, e. ilted villain your friend—
—so called!—Gentleman; and t bitc make tand out.
topped. he blushed.
I e t word, he said.
word?
t B-word.
?
Before Miss Lilly.
I pi, I said. You e thAN hIM!
ated; t e.
ts good. No: Mrs Sucksby, I ing
trust er— t leave a space.
ook te, at ttom, my name.
Dont look at me! I said, as I did it; tten, and folded the paper up.
you must do , I said tonigleman—Mr Rivers—leaves t go over, and knock, and ask to see Mr Ibbs. Say youve got a to sell raigall, and trims be sure, a brougo o say, "t; If say, "Gee Joslin, dos." Gee who, down where?
Gee Joslin, down— Ohis!
Shings, Jamaica?
s, he said.
Good boy. you c aint enougoc ake t o look about. ting in a rog-cs Mrs Sucksby, t brougo reacter to , C listen , keep clear of us. Same goes for a red- viper Miss Maud Lilly is anywand
me? If shen we are done
for.
te on t and
looked fearfully at it. ised ood at tced. First came t at an angle and t scarlet clot . I sao be sure; t Charles.
Put your coat on, I said. Its time.
urned up his
collar.
tter? Very good. Be brave, now. No funny
stuff. Ill be c fet.
speak. , and after a moment I sa and stand before Mr Ibbss. o ttle o er.—Dont look round, you fool! I t, run from tep. o. But before y. t ing o Mr Ibbs; treet. Like a fool, o see urning tc we ed.
Say five minutes passed. Say ten.
did I suppose , so , make a sign—I dont kno tayed quiet, and ty still be. Cood, and quivered. I o t our
running.—Dont you run, you fuckster! I said, and t, for do and up tairs. By time ears and snot.
God mean to do it! ing in. God and made me!
Made you le tick?
I got his hands before his face.
S tter off me and read it! he said. ho did?
Miss Maud! Miss Maud!
I looked at all, just as you said. I gave tcall man took it and opes back. my scarf oot eeteasing. t give me a look. But tried to reac Miss Maud sater in my me, and kneable, and ster uable and read it, and sed my fingers so hard—
o dissolve, like salt in ter of ears.
St! I said. St for on your life, or I sell me now, w did she do?
ook a breat o , and broug.
S sook it from table o me, as if it mig; and tall man closed tcook it, and t me
out. Miss Maud c s it for you but, o God its for!
over. S very small, and it took me a moment to unfold it and kno ur, tur again; tood gazing stupidly at
it.
Just this? I said. Charles nodded.
It Briar. It greasy, and in it; but it still crease, in ts painted red pips.
I , and remembered sitting o tell une. S ening me! she had said.
it, later!
S perfectly steady. S me t, no mark n?—s me to tease me. hy else?
Miss, I dont kno from table-top. Sook it quick, and t her eye.
sort of a wildness?
I t say. S like like to say—I t .
Gin?
e looked at eacher.
shall we do? he asked me.
I did not know.
I must to . I must t sell Gentleman— ster. to find us. t see you e back ve, t be sure. eve urning. Oh,
if only Id aken t une. Lucks like tide: it turns, ts faster and t be stopped.
Dont say it! cried C you?
You t c luck like t. t you do is, try and outface it. Outface it?
I to t t one ? myself be frigy I t o at all. Give me my knife. e are going over.
ood, open-mout took and led aircase. A man and a girl stood at ttom, quarrelling; but turo c by. Pero . treet s of grit and paper, t still . My rinder; but it oo late to care. I ran o Mr Ibbss door, knocked on it, t ep o ter a minute, just an inch.
Youve e too late. It ys voice. Mr Ibbs says— Os you again. now? ged your mind?
ttle furtood, and licked ys. t me; and hen she screamed.
Mrs Sucksby! I cried. I made a c ty flying. I caugo ted again. I ran to tain and k back. tumbled, and Cumbled the end,
and t open. t, and smoke, and lig made me . o ting. opped, and flung up ; be table, in Mrs Sucksbys great chair, was Maud.
Beo bark at tion. Noo give me back. ttled. I flinced my arms. tc seen my knife before, t now. Mrs Sucksby opened h. She said,
Sue, I— Sue—
ty came running in behind me, from Mr Ibbss shop.
o fists. Samped. Youve got some cc about broke Mrs Sucksbys !
Keep off me, I said, in astonis, t; for t it. Sy, after all. to shake.
Mrs Sucksby, I said, turning to old you lies. I aken me all time—all time, since May!—to get back to you.
Mrs Sucksby . S miging t. S Mr Ibbs, and t Maud. to e to ook teps across tc me, tight.
Dear girl, she said.
S ruck my c was Mauds diamond brooch.
O it. And I struggled ah jewels and lies!
Dear girl, said Mrs Sucksby again.
But I looked at Maud. S flincarted, at sig like Mrs Sucksby— lifted o . S back from t, rembling, though.
ts rig. You shake.
Ster not ter ayed away
You say so! I cried. . I remembered , no t, you snake, you viper!
Girl-figh a clap of his hands.
aken out a Mrs Sucksby. Sill me, and I could not see I felt o take t tly on table. I leaned and snatc up again.
Dont leave it, I said, it! O know w a devil she is!
Sue, listen to me, said Maud.
Dear girl, said Mrs Sucksby again, over onis you! Like a regular— say you sit doairs, if looking at s you? Ey: lets ask to slip upstairs, too?
Doy began to move. Not tay, I said. And to Mrs Sucksby and Mr Ibbs: tleman! Dont trust them!
S t.
I said, stay! I
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Still, it took all t day to reac. e mig tation and taken a train: but I t tle money on o a place ables for ty markets. e of traffic, but a ride, in taking scarlet beans to sort of face—so I let t toget in t, a crate, my eyes on ttle nearer. I mig; but I couldnt keep from cco be busier and try o give o palings and c, tches
kerb-stones. dreo t ed, tering bills, I reacore free a strip of poster— for a sed, t it fly. It ure of a , ol. It left soot on my fingers. then I knew I was home.
From part of Londe to me, but I found I k a fork. Cimes catcook o lead reet, and ay ted in t s, —he bloody ood.
tminster, and got our first proper vieo stop.
ait, g my o my and turning a o see me so stirred up. But t part of my feelings being over, I began to think.
e oug to cross ter just yet, I said, as bump into. Suppose a fifteen to o do t of til no me, in a new way. C.
is it, miss? he said.
Notill be me out by Dr Cie. Lets cut down here.
I took reet. But t, a dark and narroreet kind of street to be caugurned instead—rand; and after a time o t tle stalls, selling sed- to t o, and boug a veil. t to me teased me.
Dont care for a , instead? oo pretty to hide.
I my , I said, impatient. Sos my arse.
C care. I put on t better. It looked badly above my bo and pale print go I t I mig of t t I said,
If I get taken by Dr Cies spies before I bring you to Mr Rivers, do you t, then?
o t Ludgate raffic its .
to her does he live?
Not muc all. But, be careful. I o t us find somew
e ended up at St Pauls. e in, and I sat in one of t and looked at tatues. I t, I must only get to Lant Street, and t of tory t Gentleman mig about ts turned against me? Say I met Jo did not urning; and be careful. I so study t ious and slo I t of my mot been cautious enoug o her.
I s Pauls ts colours, as ternoon turo nig Dr Cies, noo take us doo our suppers. e er, and a pint of tea . . . C beside me. I ly pink.
te go about icks of brass, lig in among them, in a gown of his
own.
t . It her
marked by dust.
how much money have we now, Charles? I said.
e ook o a pareet, and wo shillings.
over.
O a boy in s-sleeves!
I said t ba a day or ter, and a cup of tea.
London s they lovely?
ans.
e crossed t Blackfriars, and from t more carefully still. e kept auck to ter even to ep ook, aking me closer to o see certain familiar tain familiar people—a, again, a stir in my , t I t e undo me. turned up to t end of Lant Street and stood looking along it; and my blood rus and my rose so I sed against a my il t slower. hick. I said,
See t black door, C? ts to my oo run to t door; but I s. It aint safe.
Not safe? reets—t looked so dear to my eyes I could o his.
Not safe, I said again, ill behind us.
But I looked along treet, at Mr Ibbss door, and t t. It o temptation to go closer to it oo great. I caugood at a by, and laug my veil. I kneo be afraid again, of being seen, and reised. I t I er all, to reet; t, I just make a run at t for Mrs Sucksby? Maybe Id . I t say. For I urned, as if to rearrange my bo; and will making up my mind C o , Oh!
t my veil reet, ao let someone leman. old sloud clot . cer. I tling. t Mr Ibbss so a stop. o t of and dre a key. against tep—first t, t—to knock t from tted t, and inside. all, in t and most familiar way you imagine.
I sa my feelings o o o ruck t of to ill at Dr Cies and mig any momeaken, ser. My breatrangely, in little catc ticed. -sleeves.—Oill said. Oh! Oh!
t on his cuffs.
I cauged to run—back, ted to run, more t did. e on, I said. e, quick. t Mr Ibbss door— t of Mrs Sucksby be—t of Gentleman, cool and easy at be cay, but Street, but furt. t side. e reac beds? I said, to t t enoug to t . t last ep know was good.
Got a room? I said quickly.
Migrying to see beyond my veil.
At t? I looked up and poi one?
t one costs more.
ell for t tomorrow.
S sed gin, I kne. All rig to , put tep, and took us up a slippery staircase. to to o it, only a stone for propping it s. ters closed before it, o-side, and tick to t for opening them.
You do it like to sopped care for sunlight.
For I raig tters tle in t for ed; and he door
beook off my veil and bo myself at t.
to see, ill s, and Mrs Sucksbys ce a minute before I remembered ding, gazing at me, squeezing ween , and he jumped.
Sit do my face back^to the window.
I my jacket, he said.
You t . t it tomorrow.
I dont believe you. You told a lie to t lady, about ook t go pie. t pie made me sick. You me to a horrible house.
I you to London. Aint t ed?
I t London .
You seen t parts yet. Go to sleep. ell get your jacket ba then.
it? You just gave our so t lady
I s us anotomorrow.
how?
You mustnt ask. Go to sleep. Aint you tired?
t black .
take ther.
t one has red hairs.
Red you.
I and rub be about tain. But ter a minute he spoke, and his voice had ged.
erent Mr Riverss whough? he said.
erent t tter still. Id say o trim them.
Dont !
ting c t cs keep c mouse- minding t t . t grew dark, and
treet—t reet, in summer—grey and still, to the floor; a baby cried. A
girl—sill I
cruck off t every one of t last came tening out for ters—still cill ing; but beginning to I would see—whis happened:
t and a s nearly fleo bits. e, and saffeta gourned from me, alking to someone else fart t ... I saaking off to ted o rest it upon tood , and greill. Only t, It t be her.
ted of treet-lamp fell full upon it; and I cried out loud.
S turned o look at me, to y street and te a minute. I dont t time. I dont tayed open— I sa last. turned bato took a step ao ed o unfasten t the back of her collar.
then came darkness.
I moved back from te face ed
treetligriking it—on t. I turned from the glass. My cry had woken Charles, and I suppose my look eculiar.
Miss, ? he said in a whisper.
I put my h.
Oook a couple of staggering steps toell me who I am!
ho, miss?
Not miss, dont call me missl I never one.—Oakeake e. Sonight!
I ran in a kind of fever, back to tter, to look at t I climb to t, creep in, and stab knife?
I ran again, and caug up and tried its edge. Not s me, to op, and dre. Like to C edge? e on, e on. Youre t you?
cerror; trembling fingers, ss good, I said. t s point against . topped. But, dont you t, after all, a deatabbing es rat ougo find a slo of stifling, strangling, beating ake longer; and oo s tter?
o tood it, and begun to quiver.
— You aint to be at Briar!
I said, Look at you. You aint t boy had nerve.
I Mr Rivers!
I laug ne quite t you t her. Mr Rivers is a devil and a rogue.
epped forward. !
old everyone I was me in a mad was, signed my order?
If , it must rue!
hes a villain.
Briar said so.
tten.
o fists. I dont care! he cried.
You to man for a devil?
Better t, t upon te you!
And I e you, I said, you fug nancy
I still one in my at him.
It missed a foot; but t striking t as badly as t it from me. I touc . I to C beside ried to push me away.
Get off me! care!
to me, I said, in a steadier voice. I dont e you, truly. And you mustnt e me. I am all youve got. You your place at Briar, and your aunty dont you. You t go back to try no my o beaken by ter of a s? Dont cry, fods sake!—o sob.—You t like to cry? I ed, and t ced me is lying at t in my o er tand. tter of life ah. I was
fooliso say I me t, Coo o t;
ill g; and no last, I began to cry, too. I put my arm about o my sil, finally, someone in t dan to bang on t for us to stop.
t afraid, now? Youll sleep, like a good boy?
oget, and , ed, and h.
But I kept nig of Maud, across treet, lying breat perfectly slender, and perfectly we and bare.
By time t. I stood at tcime but tirring, gave it up. t could . I needed no it. I made C a parting in it, took ly from took o ec, far enougo risk going about my veil. I found a spot o.
Stand nigs see you do it again.
Lets w?
I caug. o snivel. I put my reet, in an anxious us. I beed them over.
Please, sir, please, lady, I said. I just e upon try t er.
you spare a couple of fart kno know ers
cart. —__God bless you, sir! Dont cry, mate! Look, tleman is
giving you t they . . .?
Of course, tleman giving ears s. e made t first day—er, on a different street, got us our suppers. t over after t I kept, along icket to my smy jacket, Cimes an ime Id ansomorro one more day . . .
And tand at tters, my eye at t-sc its s. I , patient as a cracksman. I sao Mr Ibbs: I sa of face, made me to I go to tle later, Id see Gentleman, and be filled again to stand t tcy, ening up nigting it doress of it to .
it tood at, it s frame. And at nigake up my dle and o another.
t ty, and Mr Ibbs, and Mrs Sucksby; and I dare say Jo spiders, t to be careful, C ie, t Ive escaped? t knoing,
g for me. Ss clever!—for, in keeping ting, too. t kno. time . t get me. ell send t of t! hey, Charles?
C dark room, doing not pale, and o gro my jacket, ill said, no of bleat; but I t fotten for. For at last time it. eve ed long enougodays our day; and instead of looking pleased, ared and looked frightened.
Per ain feveris kno seemed to me I time in my life. I took o atling Street and got out of pa I kept . took reat, I said. Look out t the shops.
I found us plaext to a ay lap. t t my eye, and I smiled.
Pretty boy, s sleep for o Bow; now were on our way back.
roked ts, he!
t stop came, I made C off. t I didnt tle ladies c o C it as t mige t? he said.
Someone gave it to me. I dont believe you. Give me my jacket. In a minute. Give me my coat!
e over ts better. Noell me this: you
e?
ansil I o t over; tain, but said t tle furtil ook Co our room and a a letter. I stood ched.
rite, Mrs Sucksby, I said.
?
Dont you know?
e. It looked all rigo me. I said,
e: / in t villain your friend—so called!—Gentleman—
Yoing too fast, e. ilted villain your friend—
—so called!—Gentleman; and t bitc make tand out.
topped. he blushed.
I e t word, he said.
word?
t B-word.
?
Before Miss Lilly.
I pi, I said. You e thAN hIM!
ated; t e.
ts good. No: Mrs Sucksby, I ing
trust er— t leave a space.
ook te, at ttom, my name.
Dont look at me! I said, as I did it; tten, and folded the paper up.
you must do , I said tonigleman—Mr Rivers—leaves t go over, and knock, and ask to see Mr Ibbs. Say youve got a to sell raigall, and trims be sure, a brougo o say, "t; If say, "Gee Joslin, dos." Gee who, down where?
Gee Joslin, down— Ohis!
Shings, Jamaica?
s, he said.
Good boy. you c aint enougoc ake t o look about. ting in a rog-cs Mrs Sucksby, t brougo reacter to , C listen , keep clear of us. Same goes for a red- viper Miss Maud Lilly is anywand
me? If shen we are done
for.
te on t and
looked fearfully at it. ised ood at tced. First came t at an angle and t scarlet clot . I sao be sure; t Charles.
Put your coat on, I said. Its time.
urned up his
collar.
tter? Very good. Be brave, now. No funny
stuff. Ill be c fet.
speak. , and after a moment I sa and stand before Mr Ibbss. o ttle o er.—Dont look round, you fool! I t, run from tep. o. But before y. t ing o Mr Ibbs; treet. Like a fool, o see urning tc we ed.
Say five minutes passed. Say ten.
did I suppose , so , make a sign—I dont kno tayed quiet, and ty still be. Cood, and quivered. I o t our
running.—Dont you run, you fuckster! I said, and t, for do and up tairs. By time ears and snot.
God mean to do it! ing in. God and made me!
Made you le tick?
I got his hands before his face.
S tter off me and read it! he said. ho did?
Miss Maud! Miss Maud!
I looked at all, just as you said. I gave tcall man took it and opes back. my scarf oot eeteasing. t give me a look. But tried to reac Miss Maud sater in my me, and kneable, and ster uable and read it, and sed my fingers so hard—
o dissolve, like salt in ter of ears.
St! I said. St for on your life, or I sell me now, w did she do?
ook a breat o , and broug.
S sook it from table o me, as if it mig; and tall man closed tcook it, and t me
out. Miss Maud c s it for you but, o God its for!
over. S very small, and it took me a moment to unfold it and kno ur, tur again; tood gazing stupidly at
it.
Just this? I said. Charles nodded.
It Briar. It greasy, and in it; but it still crease, in ts painted red pips.
I , and remembered sitting o tell une. S ening me! she had said.
it, later!
S perfectly steady. S me t, no mark n?—s me to tease me. hy else?
Miss, I dont kno from table-top. Sook it quick, and t her eye.
sort of a wildness?
I t say. S like like to say—I t .
Gin?
e looked at eacher.
shall we do? he asked me.
I did not know.
I must to . I must t sell Gentleman— ster. to find us. t see you e back ve, t be sure. eve urning. Oh,
if only Id aken t une. Lucks like tide: it turns, ts faster and t be stopped.
Dont say it! cried C you?
You t c luck like t. t you do is, try and outface it. Outface it?
I to t t one ? myself be frigy I t o at all. Give me my knife. e are going over.
ood, open-mout took and led aircase. A man and a girl stood at ttom, quarrelling; but turo c by. Pero . treet s of grit and paper, t still . My rinder; but it oo late to care. I ran o Mr Ibbss door, knocked on it, t ep o ter a minute, just an inch.
Youve e too late. It ys voice. Mr Ibbs says— Os you again. now? ged your mind?
ttle furtood, and licked ys. t me; and hen she screamed.
Mrs Sucksby! I cried. I made a c ty flying. I caugo ted again. I ran to tain and k back. tumbled, and Cumbled the end,
and t open. t, and smoke, and lig made me . o ting. opped, and flung up ; be table, in Mrs Sucksbys great chair, was Maud.
Beo bark at tion. Noo give me back. ttled. I flinced my arms. tc seen my knife before, t now. Mrs Sucksby opened h. She said,
Sue, I— Sue—
ty came running in behind me, from Mr Ibbss shop.
o fists. Samped. Youve got some cc about broke Mrs Sucksbys !
Keep off me, I said, in astonis, t; for t it. Sy, after all. to shake.
Mrs Sucksby, I said, turning to old you lies. I aken me all time—all time, since May!—to get back to you.
Mrs Sucksby . S miging t. S Mr Ibbs, and t Maud. to e to ook teps across tc me, tight.
Dear girl, she said.
S ruck my c was Mauds diamond brooch.
O it. And I struggled ah jewels and lies!
Dear girl, said Mrs Sucksby again.
But I looked at Maud. S flincarted, at sig like Mrs Sucksby— lifted o . S back from t, rembling, though.
ts rig. You shake.
Ster not ter ayed away
You say so! I cried. . I remembered , no t, you snake, you viper!
Girl-figh a clap of his hands.
aken out a Mrs Sucksby. Sill me, and I could not see I felt o take t tly on table. I leaned and snatc up again.
Dont leave it, I said, it! O know w a devil she is!
Sue, listen to me, said Maud.
Dear girl, said Mrs Sucksby again, over onis you! Like a regular— say you sit doairs, if looking at s you? Ey: lets ask to slip upstairs, too?
Doy began to move. Not tay, I said. And to Mrs Sucksby and Mr Ibbs: tleman! Dont trust them!
S t.
I said, stay! I
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