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Chapter 4

           Mr.Foggwasquiteready.Underhisarmmighthavebeenobservedared-boundcopyofBradshaw’sContinentalRailwaySteamTransitandGeneralGuide,withitstimetablesshowingthearrivalanddepartureofsteamersandrailways. Hetookthecarpet-bag,openedit,andslippedintoitagoodlyrollofBankofEnglandnotes,whichwouldpasswhereverhemightgo. 

           "Youhaveforgottennothing?"askedhe. 

           "Nothing,monsieur." 

           "Mymackintoshandcloak?" 

           "Heretheyare." 

           "Good!Takethiscarpet-bag," handingittoPassepartout. "Takegoodcareofit,fortherearetwentythousandpoundsinit." 

           Passepartoutnearlydroppedthebag,asifthetwentythousandpoundswereingold,andweighedhimdown. 

           Masterandmanthendescended,thestreet-doorwasdouble-locked, andattheendofSavilleRowtheytookacabanddroverapidlytoCharingCross. Thecabstoppedbeforetherailwaystationattwentyminutespasteight. Passepartoutjumpedofftheboxandfollowedhismaster,who,afterpayingthecabman,wasabouttoenterthestation,whenapoorbeggar-woman,withachildinherarms,hernakedfeetsmearedwithmud,herheadcoveredwithawretchedbonnet,fromwhichhungatatteredfeather,andhershouldersshroudedinaraggedshawl,approached,andmournfullyaskedforalms. 

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