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Chapter 32

           MutteringthatIwouldmaketheinquirywhetherIhadtimetowalkwithhim,Iwentintotheoffice,andascertainedfromtheclerkwiththenicestprecisionandmuchtothetryingofhistemper,theearliestmomentatwhichthecoachcouldbeexpectedwhichIknewbeforehand,quiteaswellashe.IthenrejoinedMr.Wemmick,andaffectingtoconsultmywatch,andtobesurprisedbytheinformationIhadreceived,acceptedhisoffer.

           WewereatNewgateinafewminutes,andwepassedthroughthelodgewheresomefetterswerehanginguponthebarewallsamongtheprisonrules,intotheinteriorofthejail.Atthattimejailsweremuchneglected,andtheperiodofexaggeratedreactionconsequentonallpublicwrongdoingandwhichisalwaysitsheaviestandlongestpunishmentwasstillfaroff.Sofelonswerenotlodgedandfedbetterthansoldiers,(tosaynothingofpaupers,)andseldomsetfiretotheirprisonswiththeexcusableobjectofimprovingtheflavoroftheirsoup.ItwasvisitingtimewhenWemmicktookmein,andapotmanwasgoinghisroundswithbeer;andtheprisoners,behindbarsinyards,werebuyingbeer,andtalkingtofriends;andafrowzy,ugly,disorderly,depressingsceneitwas.

           ItstruckmethatWemmickwalkedamongtheprisonersmuchasagardenermightwalkamonghisplants.

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