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"Ah--to--be--sure," said he, "ah, to be sure! And me 'ave allus
thought on it like it was a great big tower standin' in the midst
o' the city, as 'igh as a mountain. Humph--not a tower--ha!
disapp'inted I be. Humph! Good night, master. Disapp'inted I
be--yes." And having nodded his head ponderously several times,
he turned and went ponderously along the passage and down the
stair.
At the end of my chamber was a long, low casement, and, drawn
thither by the beauty of the night, I flung open the lattice and
leaned out. I looked down upon a narrow, deeply-rutted lane, one
of those winding, inconsequent byways which it seems out of all
possibility can ever lead the traveler anywhere, and I was idly
wondering what fool had troubled to build a tavern in such a
remote, out-of-the-way spot, when my ears were saluted by the
sound of voices. Now, immediately beneath my window there was a
heavy porch, low and squat, from which jutted a beam with a
broken sign-board, and it was from beneath this porch that the
voices proceeded, the one loud and hectoring, the other gruff and
sullen. I was about to turn away when a man stepped out into the
moonlight. His face was hidden in the shadow of his hat-brim,
but from his general air and appearance I judged him to be one of
the gentlemen whose chaise had broken down. As I watched him he
walked slowly round the angle of the house and disappeared. In a
little while, I drew in my head from the casement, and, having
removed my dusty boots, together with my knapsack and coat, blew
out the candle, and composed myself to sleep.
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