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Chapter 30

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           ‘Doyouknowwhatthetimeis?’saidMrGroves,whowassmokingwithhisfriends.‘Pasttwelveo’clock—’

           ‘—Andarainynight,’addedthestoutman.

           ‘TheValiantSoldier,byJamesGroves.Goodbeds.Cheapentertainmentformanandbeast,’saidMrGroves,quotinghissign-board.‘Half-pasttwelveo’clock.’

           ‘It’sverylate,’saidtheuneasychild.‘Iwishwehadgonebefore.Whatwilltheythinkofus!Itwillbetwoo’clockbythetimewegetback.Whatwoulditcost,sir,ifwestoppedhere?’

           ‘Twogoodbeds,one-and-sixpence;supperandbeeroneshilling;totaltwoshillingsandsixpence,’repliedtheValiantSoldier.

           Now,Nellhadstillthepieceofgoldsewninherdress;andwhenshecametoconsiderthelatenessofthehour,andthesomnolenthabitsofMrsJarley,andtoimaginethestateofconsternationinwhichtheywouldcertainlythrowthatgoodladybyknockingherupinthemiddleofthenight—andwhenshereflected,ontheotherhand,thatiftheyremainedwheretheywere,androseearlyinthemorning,theymightgetbackbeforesheawoke,andcouldpleadtheviolenceofthestormbywhichtheyhadbeenovertaken,asagoodapologyfortheirabsence—shedecided,afteragreatdealofhesitation,toremain.Shethereforetookhergrandfatheraside,andtellinghimthatshehadstillenoughlefttodefraythecostoftheirlodging,proposedthattheyshouldstaythereforthenight.

           ‘IfIhadhadbutthatmoneybefore—IfIhadonlyknownofitafewminutesago!’mutteredtheoldman.

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