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'

Summarily

,

'

replied

Mr.

Fang

.

'

He

stands

committed

for

three

months

--

hard

labour

of

course

.

Clear

the

office

.

'

The

door

was

opened

for

this

purpose

,

and

a

couple

of

men

were

preparing

to

carry

the

insensible

boy

to

his

cell

;

when

an

elderly

man

of

decent

but

poor

appearance

,

clad

in

an

old

suit

of

black

,

rushed

hastily

into

the

office

,

and

advanced

towards

the

bench

.

'

Stop

,

stop

!

do

n't

take

him

away

!

For

Heaven

's

sake

stop

a

moment

!

'

cried

the

new

comer

,

breathless

with

haste

.

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Although

the

presiding

Genii

in

such

an

office

as

this

,

exercise

a

summary

and

arbitrary

power

over

the

liberties

,

the

good

name

,

the

character

,

almost

the

lives

,

of

Her

Majesty

's

subjects

,

expecially

of

the

poorer

class

;

and

although

,

within

such

walls

,

enough

fantastic

tricks

are

daily

played

to

make

the

angels

blind

with

weeping

;

they

are

closed

to

the

public

,

save

through

the

medium

of

the

daily

press

.

(

Footnote

:

Or

were

virtually

,

then

.

)

Mr.

Fang

was

consequently

not

a

little

indignant

to

see

an

unbidden

guest

enter

in

such

irreverent

disorder

.

'

What

is

this

?

Who

is

this

?

Turn

this

man

out

.

Clear

the

office

!

'

cried

Mr.

Fang

.

'

I

WILL

speak

,

'

cried

the

man

;

'

I

will

not

be

turned

out

.

I

saw

it

all

.

I

keep

the

book-stall

.

I

demand

to

be

sworn

.

I

will

not

be

put

down

.

Mr.

Fang

,

you

must

hear

me

.

You

must

not

refuse

,

sir

.

'

The

man

was

right

.

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His

manner

was

determined

;

and

the

matter

was

growing

rather

too

serious

to

be

hushed

up

.

'

Swear

the

man

,

'

growled

Mr.

Fang

.

with

a

very

ill

grace

.

'

Now

,

man

,

what

have

you

got

to

say

?

'

'

This

,

'

said

the

man

:

'

I

saw

three

boys

:

two

others

and

the

prisoner

here

:

loitering

on

the

opposite

side

of

the

way

,

when

this

gentleman

was

reading

.

The

robbery

was

committed

by

another

boy

.

I

saw

it

done

;

and

I

saw

that

this

boy

was

perfectly

amazed

and

stupified

by

it

.

'

Having

by

this

time

recovered

a

little

breath

,

the

worthy

book-stall

keeper

proceeded

to

relate

,

in

a

more

coherent

manner

the

exact

circumstances

of

the

robbery

.

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