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"NotintheJudge'sHouse!"shesaid,andgreoke.Heexplaiyofthehouse,sayiknowitsname.Whenhehadfinishedshea;Aye,sureeheveryplace!ItistheJudge'sHh."Heaskedhertotellhimabouttheplace,whysodwhattherewasagaioldhimthatitwassocalledlocallybecauseithadbeenmanyyearsbefore—howlongsheotsay,asshewasherselffromaofthetry,butshethoughtitmusthavebeenahundredyearsormore—theabodeofajudgewhowasheldierroronatofhisharshsentendhishostilitytoprisoAssizes.Astowhattherewasagainstthehouse,itselfsheottell.Shehadoftenooneher;buttherewasagetherewassomething,andforherownpartshewouldhemoneyinDrinkwater'sBankandstayinthehouseanhourbyherself.ThensheapologizedtoMalsourbingtalk."Itistoobadofme,sir,andyou—andayouoo—ifyouwillpardonmesayingit,goihereallalone.Ifyouweremyboy—andyou'llexcusemefit—youwouldn'tsleepthereanight,notifIhadtogotheremyselfandpullthebigalarmbellthat'sonthatroof!"
Thegoodcreaturewassomalyi,andwassokiions,thatMalson,althoughamused,wastouched.Hetoldherkindlyhowmuchheappreciatedheriinhim,a;But,mydearMrs.Witham,indeedyoubeedaboutme!AmanwhfortheMathematicalTriposhastoomukoftobedisturbedanyaerious'something',andhisworkisoftooexadprosaidtoallowofhishavinganyhismindformysteriesofanykind.Harmressioionsandbinatioishavesuffitmysteriesforme!"Mrs.WithamkioseeafterhisissiohimselftolookfortheoldwomanwhohadbeeohiWheotheJudge'sHousewithher,afteranintervalofacoupleofhours,hefoundMrs.Withamherselfwaitingwithseveralmenandbpardanupholsterer'smanwithabedinacar,forshesaid,thoughtablesandchairsmightbeallverywell,abedthathadn'tbeenairedformayhapfiftyyearsrboolieon.Shewasevidentlycurioustoseetheihehouse;andthoughmalysoafraidofthe"something"thatattheslightestsouson,whomsheforamomehe>
Afterhisexaminationofthehouse,Malsoakeuphisabodeidining-room,whichwasbigenoughtoserveforallhisrequirements;andMrs.Witham,withtheaidofthers.Dempster,proceededtematters.Whenthehamperswerebroughtinandunpacked,Malsonsawthatwithmudfhtshehadsesuffitprovisionstolastforafewdays.Befsheexpressedallsortsofkithedoorturnedandsaid:"Andperhaps,sir,astheroomisbiganddraughtyitmightbewelltohaveohosebigssputrounight-though,truthtotell,IwoulddiemyselfifIweretobesoshutinwithallkindsof-of'things',thatputtheirheadsroundthesides,oroverthetop,andlookoheimagewhichshehadcalledupwastoomuchforhernerves,aily.
Mrs.Dempstersniffedinasuperiormahelandladydisappeared,aforherownpartshewasn'tafraidofallthebogiesinthekingdo
"I'lltellyouwhatitis,sir,"shesaid;"bogiesisallkindsandsortsofthibogies!Ratsandmidbeetles,andcreakydoors,aes,andbrokeiffdrawerhastayoutwhenyoupullthemandthenfalldowninthemiddleofthenight.Lookatthewainscotoftheroom!Itisold—hundredsofyearsold!Doyouthinkthere'snoratsahere!Anddoyouimagihatyouwon'tseehem?Ratsisbogies,Itellyou,as;anddon'tyougettothinka;
"Mrs.Dempster,"saidMalsongravely,makiebow,"youkhanaSeniler!Ahat,asamarkofesteemforyourindubitablesoundnessofheada,Ishall,whenIgo,giveyoupossessionofthishouse,aayherebyyourselfforthelasttwomonthsofmytenancy,forfourweekswillservemypurpose."
"Thankyoukindly,sir!"shea;butI'tsleepawayfromhomeanight.IaminGreenhow'sCharity,andifIsleptanightawayfrommyroomsIshouldloseallIhavegottoliveon.Therulesisverystridthere'stoomanywatgforavaetorunanyrisksier.Onlyforthat,sir,I'dgladlyehereandattendonyoualtyourstay."
"Mygoodwoman,"saidMalsonhastily,"Ihaveehereoainsolitude;aIamgratefultothelateGreenhsanisedhisadmirablecharity—whateveritis—thatIamperforiedtheopportunityfromsuptation!SaintAnthonyhimselfido!"
Theoldwomanlaughedharshly."Ah,youyou;shesaid,"youdonht;andbelikeyou'llgetallthesolitudeyouwa;Shesettoworkwithherg;andbynightfall,whenMalsournedfromhiswalk—healwayshadoneofhisbookstostudyashewalked—hefoundtheroomsweptandtidied,afireburningintheoldhearth,thelamplit,aablespreadforsupperwithMrs.Witham'sextfare."Thisisfort,i;hesaid,asherubbedhishands.
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