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Araversedtheroomlikeahou,skimmingthewalls,gtheersofthebulgingmattingonhishandsandknees,rummagiables,thesandhangings,thedruintheer,foravisiblesigoperceivethatshewastherebeside,around,against,within,abovehim,gtohim,wooinghim,ghimsopoignantlythroughthefievenhisgrosseronesbeisantoftheheansweredloudly,"Yes,dear!"andturned,wild-eyed,togazeonvacy,forheotyetdisanddloveachedarmsinthee.Oh,God!wheodour,andsinhaveodourshadavoicetocall?Thushegroped.
Heburrowedincreviders,andfounddcigarettes.Thesehepassedi.Butondinafoldofthemattingahalf-smokeddthishegrouhhisheelwithagreeoath.Hesiftedtheroomfromendtoend.Hefnoblesmallreait;butofherwhomhesought,andwhomayhavelodgedthere,aseemedtohoverthere,hefoundnotrace.
Aofthehousekeeper.
Heraedroomdownstairsandtoadoorthatshowedacrackoflight.Shecameouttohiskheredhisextasbesthecould.
"Willyoutellme,madam,"hebesoughther,"whooccupiedtheroomIhavebeforeIcame?"
"Yes,sir.Itellyouagain.TrowlsandMooney,asIsaid.MissB'rettaSprowlsitwasires,butMissisMooneyshewas.Myhouseiswell-knowability.Themarriagecertifig,framed,ona;
"Whatkindofaladyrowls—inlooks,Imean?"
"Why,black-haired,sir,short,andstout,withaicalface.TheyleftaweekagoTuesday."
"Aheyoccupiedit?"
"Why,therewasasilemahedrayingbusiowingmeaweek.BeforehimwasMissisdhertwo,thatstayedfourmonths;andbawasoldMr.Doyle,whosesonspaidforhiHekepttheroomsixmonths.Thatgoesbackayear,sir,andfurtherIdonotremember."
&hankedheraohisrooTheroomwasdead.Theessehadvivifieditwasgoheperfumeofmigehaddeparted.Initsplacewastheold,staleodourofmouldyhousefurmosphereinste.
Theebbingofhishopedrainedhisfaith.Hesatstaringattheyellow,singinggaslight.Soohebedaearthesheetsintostrips.Withthebladeofhiskhemtightlyintoeverycrevidwindowsanddoor.Whenallwassnugaurhelight,turhegasfullonagainandlaidhimselfgratefullyuponthebed.
ItwasMrs.McCool'snighttogowiththeforbeer.SoshefetdsatwithMrs.Purdyihosesubterraswherehousekeepersfatherandthewormdiethseldo
"Iremythirdfloor,back,thisevening,"saidMrs.Purdy,acrossafine."Ayoungmantookit.Hewentuptobedtwo."
"Now,didye,Mrs.Purdy,ma'am?"saidMrs.McCool,withiion."Youdobeawonderforrentin'roomsofthatkind.Aellhim,then?"sheahuskywhisper,ladenwithmystery.
"Rooms,"saidMrs.Purdy,inherfurriestto;arefurorent.Ididnottellhim,Mrs.McCool."
&quhtyeare,ma'am;thisbyrentingroomsealive.Yehavetheralesenseforbusiness,ma'aTherebemanypeoplewillrayjitingofaroomiftheybetouldasuicidehasbeenafterdyingi."
"Asyousay,wehastobemaking,"remarkedMrs.Purdy.
"Yis,ma'am;that'strue.ThatjustohisdayIhelpedyelayoutthethirdfloor,back.Aprettyslipofashewastobekillihegas—aswatelittlefaceshehad,Mrs.Purdy,ma'a"
"She'da-beendsome,asyousay,"saidMrs.Purdy,assentingbutcritical,"butforthatmoleshehada-growieyebrow.Dofillupyain,Mrs.McCool."
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