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again察and as he leaned against the wall察he shook the hovel。
^He has been talking off and on about such like察 all day察
ma¨am察院said Jenny察softly。 ^Why察how you stare This is my lady察
Jo。 ̄
^Is it拭院returned the boy察doubtfully察and surveying me with his
arm held out above his burning eyes。 ^She looks to me the t¨other
one。 It ain¨t the bonnet察nor yet it ain¨t the gownd察but she looks to
me the t¨other one。 ̄
My little Charley察with her premature experience of illness and
trouble察 had pulled off her bonnet and shawl察 and now went
quietly up to him with a chair察and sat him down in it察like an old
sick nurse。 Except that no such attendant could have shown him
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Charley¨s youthful face察which seemed to engage his confidence。
^I say 院 said the boy。 ^You tell me。 Ain¨t the lady the t¨other
lady拭院
Charley shook her head察 as she methodically drew his rags
about him and made him as warm as she could。
^O 院the boy muttered。 ^Then I ¨spose she ain¨t。 ̄
^I came to see if I could do you any good察院said I。 ^What is the
matter with you拭院
^I¨m a´being froze察院 returned the boy hoarsely察 with his
haggard gaze wandering about me察 and then burnt up察and then
froze察and then burnt up察ever so many times in a hour。 And my
head¨s all sleepy察and all a´going mad!like!and I¨m so dry!and
my bones isn¨t half so much bones as pain。 ̄
^When did he come here拭院I asked the woman。
^This morning察ma¨am察I found him at the corner of the town。 I
had known him up in London yonder。 Hadn¨t I察Jo拭院
^Tom´all´Alone¨s察院the boy replied。
Whenever he fixed his attention or his eyes察 it was only for a
very little while。 He soon began to droop his head again察and roll it
heavily察and speak as if he were half awake。
^When did he come from London拭院I asked。
^I come from London yes¨day察院 said the boy himself察 now
flushed and hot。 ^I¨m a´going somewheres。 ̄
^Where is he going拭院I asked。
^Somewheres察院repeated the boy察in a louder tone。 ^I have been
moved on察 and moved on察 more nor ever I was afore察 since the
t¨other one giv¨ me the sov¨ring。 Mrs Snagsby察 she¨s always a´
watching察 and a´driving of me!what have I done to her拭and
they¨re all a´watching and a´driving of me。 Every one of ¨em¨s
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doing of it察from the time when I don¨t get up察to the time when I
don¨t go to bed。 And I¨m a going somewheres。 That¨s where I¨m a´
going。 She told me察 down in Tom´all´Alone¨s察 as she come from
Stolbuns察 and so I took the Stolbuns Road。 It¨s as good as
another。 ̄
He always concluded by addressing Charley。
^What is to be done with him拭院said I察taking the woman aside。
^He could not travel in this state察 even if he had a purpose察 and
knew where he was going 院
^I know no more察ma¨am察than the dead察院she replied察glancing
compassionately at him。 ^Perhaps the dead know better if they
could only tell us。 I¨ve kept him here all day for pity¨s sake察 and
I¨ve given him broth and physic察and Liz is gone to try if any one
will take him in here¨s my pretty in the bed!her child察but I call it
mine察but I can¨t keep him long察for if my husband was to come
home and find him here察 he¨d be rough in putting him out察 and
might do him a hurt。 Hark Here comes Liz back 院
The other woman came hurriedly in as she spoke察and the boy
got up with a half obscured sense that he was expected to be
going。 When the little child awoke察and when and how Charley got
at it察took it out of bed察and began to walk about hushing it察I don¨t
know。 There she was察doing all this察in a quiet motherly manner察
as if she were living in Mrs Blinder¨s attic with Tom and Emma
again。
The friend had been here and there察and had been played about
from hand to hand察and had come back as she went。 At first it was
too early for the boy to be received into the proper refuge察and at
least it was too late。 One official sent her to another察and the other
sent her back again to the first察 and so backward and forward察
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until it appeared to me as if both must have been appointed for
their skill in evading their duties察instead of performing them。 And
now察 after all察 she said察 breathing quickly察 for she had been
running察 and was frightened too察 Jenny察 your master¨s on the
road home察and mine¨s not far behind察and the Lord help the boy察
for we can do no more for him 院 They put a few half´pence
together察and hurried them into his hand察and so察in an oblivious察
half´thankful察half´insensible way察he shuffled out of the house。
^Give me the child察my dear 院said its mother to Charley察 and
thank you kindly too Jenny察woman dear察good night Young lady察
if my master don¨t fall out with me察I¨ll look down by the kiln by´
and´bye察 where the boy will be most like察 and again in the
morning 院She hurried off察and presently we passed her hushing
and singing to her child at her own door察 and looking anxiously
along the road for her drunken husband。
I was afraid of staying then to speak to either woman察 lest I
should bring her into trouble。 But I said to Charley that we must
not leave the boy to die。 Charley察 who knew what to do much
better than I did察and whose quickness equalled her presence of
mind察glided on before me察and presently we came up with Jo察just
short of the brick´kiln。
I think he must have begun his journey with some small bundle
under his arm察and must have had it stolen or lost it。 For he still
carried his wretched fragment of fur cap like a bundle察though he
went bare´headed through the rain察 which now fell fast。 He
stopped when we called to him察and again showed a dread of me
when I came up察standing with his lustrous eyes fixed upon me察
and even arrested in his shivering fit。
I asked him to come with us察and we would take care that he
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had some shelter for the night。
^I don¨t want no shelter察院he said察 I can lay amongst the warm
bricks。 ̄
^But don¨t you know that people die there拭院returned Charley。
^They dies everywheres察院 said the boy。 ^They dies in their
lodgings!she knows where察I showed her!and they dies down in
Tom´all´Alone¨s in heaps。 They dies more than they lives察
according to what I see。 ̄ Then he hoarsely whispered Charle