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Chapter 21

           Iknowhim!"

           Therewasanairoftolerationordepreciationabouthisutteranceofthesewordsthatratherdepressedme;andIwasstilllookingsidewaysathisblockofafaceinsearchofanyencouragingnotetothetext,whenhesaidherewewereatBarnard’sInn.Mydepressionwasnotalleviatedbytheannouncement,for,IhadsupposedthatestablishmenttobeanhotelkeptbyMr.Barnard,towhichtheBlueBoarinourtownwasamerepublic-house.WhereasInowfoundBarnardtobeadisembodiedspirit,orafiction,andhisinnthedingiestcollectionofshabbybuildingseversqueezedtogetherinarankcornerasaclubforTom-cats.

           Weenteredthishaventhroughawicket-gate,andweredisgorgedbyanintroductorypassageintoamelancholylittlesquarethatlookedtomelikeaflatburying-ground.Ithoughtithadthemostdismaltreesinit,andthemostdismalsparrows,andthemostdismalcats,andthemostdismalhouses(innumberhalfadozenorso),thatIhadeverseen.Ithoughtthewindowsofthesetsofchambersintowhichthosehousesweredividedwereineverystageofdilapidatedblindandcurtain,crippledflower-pot,crackedglass,dustydecay,andmiserablemakeshift;whileToLet,ToLet,ToLet,glaredatmefromemptyrooms,asifnonewwretchesevercamethere,andthevengeanceofthesoulofBarnardwerebeingslowlyappeasedbythegradualsuicideofthepresentoccupantsandtheirunholyintermentunderthegravel.

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