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           WhetherIreallyhadbeendowninGardenCourtinthedeadofthenight,gropingaboutfortheboatthatIsupposedtobethere;whetherIhadtwoorthreetimescometomyselfonthestaircasewithgreatterror,notknowinghowIhadgotoutofbed;whetherIhadfoundmyselflightingthelamp,possessedbytheideathathewascomingupthestairs,andthatthelightswereblownout;whetherIhadbeeninexpressiblyharassedbythedistractedtalking,laughing,andgroaningofsomeone,andhadhalfsuspectedthosesoundstobeofmyownmaking;whethertherehadbeenaclosedironfurnaceinadarkcorneroftheroom,andavoicehadcalledout,overandoveragain,thatMissHavishamwasconsumingwithinitthesewerethingsthatItriedtosettlewithmyselfandgetintosomeorder,asIlaythatmorningonmybed.Butthevaporofalimekilnwouldcomebetweenmeandthem,disorderingthemall,anditwasthroughthevaporatlastthatIsawtwomenlookingatme.

           "Whatdoyouwant?"Iasked,starting;"Idon’tknowyou."

           "Well,sir,"returnedoneofthem,bendingdownandtouchingmeontheshoulder,"thisisamatterthatyou’llsoonarrange,Idaresay,butyou’rearrested."

           "Whatisthedebt?"

           "Hundredandtwenty-threepound,fifteen,six.Jeweller’saccount,Ithink."

           "Whatistobedone?"

           "Youhadbettercometomyhouse,"saidtheman."Ikeepaverynicehouse.

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