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"
They
were
very
near
doing
it
for
all
that
.
Go
where
they
would
about
London
,
I
was
always
at
their
heels
.
Sometimes
I
followed
them
on
my
cab
,
and
sometimes
on
foot
,
but
the
former
was
the
best
,
for
then
they
could
not
get
away
from
me
.
It
was
only
early
in
the
morning
or
late
at
night
that
I
could
earn
anything
,
so
that
I
began
to
get
behind
hand
with
my
employer
.
I
did
not
mind
that
,
however
,
as
long
as
I
could
lay
my
hand
upon
the
men
I
wanted
.
"
They
were
very
cunning
,
though
.
They
must
have
thought
that
there
was
some
chance
of
their
being
followed
,
for
they
would
never
go
out
alone
,
and
never
after
nightfall
.
During
two
weeks
I
drove
behind
them
every
day
,
and
never
once
saw
them
separate
.
Drebber
himself
was
drunk
half
the
time
,
but
Stangerson
was
not
to
be
caught
napping
.
I
watched
them
late
and
early
,
but
never
saw
the
ghost
of
a
chance
;
but
I
was
not
discouraged
,
for
something
told
me
that
the
hour
had
almost
come
.
My
only
fear
was
that
this
thing
in
my
chest
might
burst
a
little
too
soon
and
leave
my
work
undone
.
"
At
last
,
one
evening
I
was
driving
up
and
down
Torquay
Terrace
,
as
the
street
was
called
in
which
they
boarded
,
when
I
saw
a
cab
drive
up
to
their
door
.
Presently
some
luggage
was
brought
out
,
and
after
a
time
Drebber
and
Stangerson
followed
it
,
and
drove
off
.
I
whipped
up
my
horse
and
kept
within
sight
of
them
,
feeling
very
ill
at
ease
,
for
I
feared
that
they
were
going
to
shift
their
quarters
.
At
Euston
Station
they
got
out
,
and
I
left
a
boy
to
hold
my
horse
,
and
followed
them
on
to
the
platform
.
I
heard
them
ask
for
the
Liverpool
train
,
and
the
guard
answer
that
one
had
just
gone
and
there
would
not
be
another
for
some
hours
.
Stangerson
seemed
to
be
put
out
at
that
,
but
Drebber
was
rather
pleased
than
otherwise
.
I
got
so
close
to
them
in
the
bustle
that
I
could
hear
every
word
that
passed
between
them
.
Drebber
said
that
he
had
a
little
business
of
his
own
to
do
,
and
that
if
the
other
would
wait
for
him
he
would
soon
rejoin
him
.
His
companion
remonstrated
with
him
,
and
reminded
him
that
they
had
resolved
to
stick
together
.
Drebber
answered
that
the
matter
was
a
delicate
one
,
and
that
he
must
go
alone
.
I
could
not
catch
what
Stangerson
said
to
that
,
but
the
other
burst
out
swearing
,
and
reminded
him
that
he
was
nothing
more
than
his
paid
servant
,
and
that
he
must
not
presume
to
dictate
to
him
.
On
that
the
Secretary
gave
it
up
as
a
bad
job
,
and
simply
bargained
with
him
that
if
he
missed
the
last
train
he
should
rejoin
him
at
Halliday
's
Private
Hotel
;
to
which
Drebber
answered
that
he
would
be
back
on
the
platform
before
eleven
,
and
made
his
way
out
of
the
station
.
"
The
moment
for
which
I
had
waited
so
long
had
at
last
come
.
I
had
my
enemies
within
my
power
.
Together
they
could
protect
each
other
,
but
singly
they
were
at
my
mercy
.
I
did
not
act
,
however
,
with
undue
precipitation
.
My
plans
were
already
formed
.
There
is
no
satisfaction
in
vengeance
unless
the
offender
has
time
to
realize
who
it
is
that
strikes
him
,
and
why
retribution
has
come
upon
him
.
I
had
my
plans
arranged
by
which
I
should
have
the
opportunity
of
making
the
man
who
had
wronged
me
understand
that
his
old
sin
had
found
him
out
.
It
chanced
that
some
days
before
a
gentleman
who
had
been
engaged
in
looking
over
some
houses
in
the
Brixton
Road
had
dropped
the
key
of
one
of
them
in
my
carriage
.
It
was
claimed
that
same
evening
,
and
returned
;
but
in
the
interval
I
had
taken
a
moulding
of
it
,
and
had
a
duplicate
constructed
.
By
means
of
this
I
had
access
to
at
least
one
spot
in
this
great
city
where
I
could
rely
upon
being
free
from
interruption
.
How
to
get
Drebber
to
that
house
was
the
difficult
problem
which
I
had
now
to
solve
.
"
He
walked
down
the
road
and
went
into
one
or
two
liquor
shops
,
staying
for
nearly
half-an-hour
in
the
last
of
them
.
When
he
came
out
he
staggered
in
his
walk
,
and
was
evidently
pretty
well
on
.
There
was
a
hansom
just
in
front
of
me
,
and
he
hailed
it
.
I
followed
it
so
close
that
the
nose
of
my
horse
was
within
a
yard
of
his
driver
the
whole
way
.
We
rattled
across
Waterloo
Bridge
and
through
miles
of
streets
,
until
,
to
my
astonishment
,
we
found
ourselves
back
in
the
Terrace
in
which
he
had
boarded
.
I
could
not
imagine
what
his
intention
was
in
returning
there
;
but
I
went
on
and
pulled
up
my
cab
a
hundred
yards
or
so
from
the
house
.
He
entered
it
,
and
his
hansom
drove
away
.
Give
me
a
glass
of
water
,
if
you
please
.
My
mouth
gets
dry
with
the
talking
.
"
I
handed
him
the
glass
,
and
he
drank
it
down
.
"
That
's
better
,
"
he
said
.
"
Well
,
I
waited
for
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
or
more
,
when
suddenly
there
came
a
noise
like
people
struggling
inside
the
house
.
Next
moment
the
door
was
flung
open
and
two
men
appeared
,
one
of
whom
was
Drebber
,
and
the
other
was
a
young
chap
whom
I
had
never
seen
before
.
This
fellow
had
Drebber
by
the
collar
,
and
when
they
came
to
the
head
of
the
steps
he
gave
him
a
shove
and
a
kick
which
sent
him
half
across
the
road
.
'
You
hound
,
'
he
cried
,
shaking
his
stick
at
him
;
'
I
'll
teach
you
to
insult
an
honest
girl
!
'
He
was
so
hot
that
I
think
he
would
have
thrashed
Drebber
with
his
cudgel
,
only
that
the
cur
staggered
away
down
the
road
as
fast
as
his
legs
would
carry
him
.
He
ran
as
far
as
the
corner
,
and
then
,
seeing
my
cab
,
he
hailed
me
and
jumped
in
.
'
Drive
me
to
Halliday
's
Private
Hotel
,
'
said
he
.
