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With
these
words
,
he
led
the
way
to
the
door
,
after
stopping
to
pay
for
the
liquor
that
had
been
drunk
.
Shortly
remarking
that
their
roads
were
different
,
he
departed
,
without
more
ceremony
than
an
emphatic
repetition
of
the
hour
of
appointment
for
the
following
night
.
On
glancing
at
the
address
,
the
parochial
functionary
observed
that
it
contained
no
name
.
The
stranger
had
not
gone
far
,
so
he
made
after
him
to
ask
it
.
'
What
do
you
want
?
'
cried
the
man
.
turning
quickly
round
,
as
Bumble
touched
him
on
the
arm
.
'
Following
me
?
'
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Only
to
ask
a
question
,
'
said
the
other
,
pointing
to
the
scrap
of
paper
.
'
What
name
am
I
to
ask
for
?
'
'
Monks
!
'
rejoined
the
man
;
and
strode
hastily
,
away
.
It
was
a
dull
,
close
,
overcast
summer
evening
.
The
clouds
,
which
had
been
threatening
all
day
,
spread
out
in
a
dense
and
sluggish
mass
of
vapour
,
already
yielded
large
drops
of
rain
,
and
seemed
to
presage
a
violent
thunder-storm
,
when
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Bumble
,
turning
out
of
the
main
street
of
the
town
,
directed
their
course
towards
a
scattered
little
colony
of
ruinous
houses
,
distant
from
it
some
mile
and
a-half
,
or
thereabouts
,
and
erected
on
a
low
unwholesome
swamp
,
bordering
upon
the
river
.
They
were
both
wrapped
in
old
and
shabby
outer
garments
,
which
might
,
perhaps
,
serve
the
double
purpose
of
protecting
their
persons
from
the
rain
,
and
sheltering
them
from
observation
.
The
husband
carried
a
lantern
,
from
which
,
however
,
no
light
yet
shone
;
and
trudged
on
,
a
few
paces
in
front
,
as
though
--
the
way
being
dirty
--
to
give
his
wife
the
benefit
of
treading
in
his
heavy
footprints
.
They
went
on
,
in
profound
silence
;
every
now
and
then
,
Mr.
Bumble
relaxed
his
pace
,
and
turned
his
head
as
if
to
make
sure
that
his
helpmate
was
following
;
then
,
discovering
that
she
was
close
at
his
heels
,
he
mended
his
rate
of
walking
,
and
proceeded
,
at
a
considerable
increase
of
speed
,
towards
their
place
of
destination
.
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This
was
far
from
being
a
place
of
doubtful
character
;
for
it
had
long
been
known
as
the
residence
of
none
but
low
ruffians
,
who
,
under
various
pretences
of
living
by
their
labour
,
subsisted
chiefly
on
plunder
and
crime
.
It
was
a
collection
of
mere
hovels
:
some
,
hastily
built
with
loose
bricks
:
others
,
of
old
worm-eaten
ship-timber
:
jumbled
together
without
any
attempt
at
order
or
arrangement
,
and
planted
,
for
the
most
part
,
within
a
few
feet
of
the
river
's
bank
.
A
few
leaky
boats
drawn
up
on
the
mud
,
and
made
fast
to
the
dwarf
wall
which
skirted
it
:
and
here
and
there
an
oar
or
coil
of
rope
:
appeared
,
at
first
,
to
indicate
that
the
inhabitants
of
these
miserable
cottages
pursued
some
avocation
on
the
river
;
but
a
glance
at
the
shattered
and
useless
condition
of
the
articles
thus
displayed
,
would
have
led
a
passer-by
,
without
much
difficulty
,
to
the
conjecture
that
they
were
disposed
there
,
rather
for
the
preservation
of
appearances
,
than
with
any
view
to
their
being
actually
employed
.
In
the
heart
of
this
cluster
of
huts
;
and
skirting
the
river
,
which
its
upper
stories
overhung
;
stood
a
large
building
,
formerly
used
as
a
manufactory
of
some
kind
.
It
had
,
in
its
day
,
probably
furnished
employment
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
surrounding
tenements
.
But
it
had
long
since
gone
to
ruin
.
The
rat
,
the
worm
,
and
the
action
of
the
damp
,
had
weakened
and
rotted
the
piles
on
which
it
stood
;
and
a
considerable
portion
of
the
building
had
already
sunk
down
into
the
water
;
while
the
remainder
,
tottering
and
bending
over
the
dark
stream
,
seemed
to
wait
a
favourable
opportunity
of
following
its
old
companion
,
and
involving
itself
in
the
same
fate
.