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Chapter 27

           Themoonwasshiningdownupontheoldgatewayofthetown,leavingthelowarchwayveryblackanddark;andwithamingledsensationofcuriosityandfear,sheslowlyapproachedthegate,andstoodstilltolookupatit,wonderingtoseehowdark,andgrim,andold,andcold,itlooked.

           Therewasanemptynichefromwhichsomeoldstatuehadfallenorbeencarriedawayhundredsofyearsago,andshewasthinkingwhatstrangepeopleitmusthavelookeddownuponwhenitstoodthere,andhowmanyhardstrugglesmighthavetakenplace,andhowmanymurdersmighthavebeendone,uponthatsilentspot,whentheresuddenlyemergedfromtheblackshadeofthearch,aman.Theinstantheappeared,sherecognisedhim—Whocouldhavefailedtorecognise,inthatinstant,theuglymisshapenQuilp!

           Thestreetbeyondwassonarrow,andtheshadowofthehousesononesideofthewaysodeep,thatheseemedtohaverisenoutoftheearth.Buttherehewas.Thechildwithdrewintoadarkcorner,andsawhimpassclosetoher.Hehadastickinhishand,and,whenhehadgotclearoftheshadowofthegateway,heleantuponit,lookedback—directly,asitseemed,towardswhereshestood—andbeckoned.

           Toher?ohno,thankGod,nottoher;forasshestood,inanextremityoffear,hesitatingwhethertoscreamforhelp,orcomefromherhiding-placeandfly,beforeheshoulddrawnearer,thereissuedslowlyforthfromthearchanotherfigure—thatofaboy—whocarriedonhisbackatrunk.

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