Is chiefly devoted to Matters of Business, and the temporal Advantage of Dodson and Fogg — Mr. Winkl

           JobTrotter,abatingnothingofhisspeed,ranupHolborn,sometimesinthemiddleoftheroad,sometimesonthepavement,sometimesinthegutter,asthechancesofgettingalongvariedwiththepressofmen,women,children,andcoaches,ineachdivisionofthethoroughfare,and,regardlessofallobstaclesstoppednotforaninstantuntilhereachedthegateofGray’sInn.Notwithstandingalltheexpeditionhehadused,however,thegatehadbeenclosedagoodhalf-hourwhenhereachedit,andbythetimehehaddiscoveredMr.Perker’slaundress,wholivedwithamarrieddaughter,whohadbestowedherhanduponanon-residentwaiter,whooccupiedtheone-pairofsomenumberinsomestreetcloselyadjoiningtosomebrewerysomewherebehindGray’sInnLane,itwaswithinfifteenminutesofclosingtheprisonforthenight.Mr.LowtenhadstilltobeferretedoutfromthebackparlouroftheMagpieandStump;andJobhadscarcelyaccomplishedthisobject,andcommunicatedSamWeller’smessage,whentheclockstruckten.

           ‘There,’saidLowten,‘it’stoolatenow.Youcan’tgetinto-night;you’vegotthekeyofthestreet,myfriend.’

           ‘Nevermindme,’repliedJob.‘Icansleepanywhere.Butwon’titbebettertoseeMr.Perkerto-night,sothatwemaybethere,thefirstthinginthemorning?’

           ‘Why,’respondedLowten,afteralittleconsideration,‘ifitwasinanybodyelse’scase,Perkerwouldn’tbebestpleasedatmygoinguptohishouse;butasit’sMr.

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