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Chapter 47

           IhadpulleddownasfarasGreenwichwiththeebbtide,andhadturnedwiththetide.Ithadbeenafinebrightday,buthadbecomefoggyasthesundropped,andIhadhadtofeelmywaybackamongtheshipping,prettycarefully.Bothingoingandreturning,Ihadseenthesignalinhiswindow,Allwell.

           Asitwasarawevening,andIwascold,IthoughtIwouldcomfortmyselfwithdinneratonce;andasIhadhoursofdejectionandsolitudebeforemeifIwenthometotheTemple,IthoughtIwouldafterwardsgototheplay.ThetheatrewhereMr.Wopslehadachievedhisquestionabletriumphwasinthatwater-sideneighborhood(itisnowherenow),andtothattheatreIresolvedtogo.IwasawarethatMr.WopslehadnotsucceededinrevivingtheDrama,but,onthecontrary,hadratherpartakenofitsdecline.Hehadbeenominouslyheardof,throughtheplay-bills,asafaithfulBlack,inconnectionwithalittlegirlofnoblebirth,andamonkey.AndHerberthadseenhimasapredatoryTartarofcomicpropensities,withafacelikearedbrick,andanoutrageoushatalloverbells.

           IdinedatwhatHerbertandIusedtocallageographicalchop-house,wherethereweremapsoftheworldinporter-potrimsoneveryhalf-yardofthetablecloths,andchartsofgravyoneveryoneoftheknivestothisdaythereisscarcelyasinglechop-housewithintheLordMayor’sdominionswhichisnotgeographicalandworeoutthetimeindozingovercrumbs,staringatgas,andbakinginahotblastofdinners.

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