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231
"
I
wonder
where
you
found
it
,
"
said
Mrs.
Hall
.
232
That
seemed
to
annoy
the
stranger
very
much
.
He
stamped
his
foot
.
"
What
do
you
mean
?
"
he
said
.
233
"
That
I
wonder
where
you
found
it
,
"
said
Mrs.
Hall
.
"
And
before
I
take
any
bills
or
get
any
breakfasts
,
or
do
any
such
things
whatsoever
,
you
got
to
tell
me
one
or
two
things
I
do
n't
understand
,
and
what
nobody
do
n't
understand
,
and
what
everybody
is
very
anxious
to
understand
.
I
want
to
know
what
you
been
doing
t
'
my
chair
upstairs
,
and
I
want
to
know
how
't
is
your
room
was
empty
,
and
how
you
got
in
again
.
Them
as
stops
in
this
house
comes
in
by
the
doors
--
that
's
the
rule
of
the
house
,
and
that
you
did
n't
do
,
and
what
I
want
to
know
is
how
you
did
come
in
.
And
I
want
to
know
--
"
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234
Suddenly
the
stranger
raised
his
gloved
hands
clenched
,
stamped
his
foot
,
and
said
,
"
Stop
!
"
with
such
extraordinary
violence
that
he
silenced
her
instantly
.
235
"
You
do
n't
understand
,
"
he
said
,
"
who
I
am
or
what
I
am
.
I
'll
show
you
.
By
Heaven
!
I
'll
show
you
.
"
Then
he
put
his
open
palm
over
his
face
and
withdrew
it
.
The
centre
of
his
face
became
a
black
cavity
.
"
Here
,
"
he
said
.
He
stepped
forward
and
handed
Mrs.
Hall
something
which
she
,
staring
at
his
metamorphosed
face
,
accepted
automatically
.
Then
,
when
she
saw
what
it
was
,
she
screamed
loudly
,
dropped
it
,
and
staggered
back
.
The
nose
--
it
was
the
stranger
's
nose
!
pink
and
shining
--
rolled
on
the
floor
.
236
Then
he
removed
his
spectacles
,
and
everyone
in
the
bar
gasped
.
He
took
off
his
hat
,
and
with
a
violent
gesture
tore
at
his
whiskers
and
bandages
.
For
a
moment
they
resisted
him
.
A
flash
of
horrible
anticipation
passed
through
the
bar
.
"
Oh
,
my
Gard
!
"
said
some
one
.
Then
off
they
came
.
237
It
was
worse
than
anything
.
Mrs.
Hall
,
standing
open-mouthed
and
horror-struck
,
shrieked
at
what
she
saw
,
and
made
for
the
door
of
the
house
.
Everyone
began
to
move
.
They
were
prepared
for
scars
,
disfigurements
,
tangible
horrors
,
but
nothing
!
The
bandages
and
false
hair
flew
across
the
passage
into
the
bar
,
making
a
hobbledehoy
jump
to
avoid
them
.
Everyone
tumbled
on
everyone
else
down
the
steps
.
For
the
man
who
stood
there
shouting
some
incoherent
explanation
,
was
a
solid
gesticulating
figure
up
to
the
coat-collar
of
him
,
and
then
--
nothingness
,
no
visible
thing
at
all
!
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238
People
down
the
village
heard
shouts
and
shrieks
,
and
looking
up
the
street
saw
the
"
Coach
and
Horses
"
violently
firing
out
its
humanity
.
They
saw
Mrs.
Hall
fall
down
and
Mr.
Teddy
Henfrey
jump
to
avoid
tumbling
over
her
,
and
then
they
heard
the
frightful
screams
of
Millie
,
who
,
emerging
suddenly
from
the
kitchen
at
the
noise
of
the
tumult
,
had
come
upon
the
headless
stranger
from
behind
.
These
increased
suddenly
.
239
Forthwith
everyone
all
down
the
street
,
the
sweetstuff
seller
,
cocoanut
shy
proprietor
and
his
assistant
,
the
swing
man
,
little
boys
and
girls
,
rustic
dandies
,
smart
wenches
,
smocked
elders
and
aproned
gipsies
--
began
running
towards
the
inn
,
and
in
a
miraculously
short
space
of
time
a
crowd
of
perhaps
forty
people
,
and
rapidly
increasing
,
swayed
and
hooted
and
inquired
and
exclaimed
and
suggested
,
in
front
of
Mrs.
Hall
's
establishment
.
Everyone
seemed
eager
to
talk
at
once
,
and
the
result
was
Babel
.
A
small
group
supported
Mrs.
Hall
,
who
was
picked
up
in
a
state
of
collapse
.
There
was
a
conference
,
and
the
incredible
evidence
of
a
vociferous
eye-witness
.
"
O
Bogey
!
"
"
What
's
he
been
doin
'
,
then
?
"
"
Ai
n't
hurt
the
girl
,
'
as
'
e
?
"
"
Run
at
en
with
a
knife
,
I
believe
.
"
"
No
'
ed
,
I
tell
ye
.
I
do
n't
mean
no
manner
of
speaking
.
I
mean
marn
'
ithout
a
'
ed
!
"
"
Narnsense
!
't
is
some
conjuring
trick
.
"
"
Fetched
off
'
is
wrapping
,
'
e
did
--
"
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In
its
struggles
to
see
in
through
the
open
door
,
the
crowd
formed
itself
into
a
straggling
wedge
,
with
the
more
adventurous
apex
nearest
the
inn
.
"
He
stood
for
a
moment
,
I
heerd
the
gal
scream
,
and
he
turned
.
I
saw
her
skirts
whisk
,
and
he
went
after
her
.
Did
n't
take
ten
seconds
.
Back
he
comes
with
a
knife
in
uz
hand
and
a
loaf
;
stood
just
as
if
he
was
staring
.
Not
a
moment
ago
.
Went
in
that
there
door
.
I
tell
'
e
,
'
e
ai
n't
gart
no
'
ed
at
all
.
You
just
missed
en
--
"