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He took another candle frohted it, left the first on

the table, and went upon his errand He was a short, bald old h-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab

gaiters He ht, from his dress, have been either clerk or servant,

and in fact had long been both There was nothing about him in the way

of decoration but a watch, which was lowered into the depths of its

proper pocket by an old black ribbon, and had a tarnished copper key

moored above it, to shohere it was sunk His head ry, and

he had a one-sided, crab-like ith him, as if his foundations had

yielded at about the saht to

have been propped up in a similar one, 'that I could

shed tears at this reception! I, who have never experienced anything

else; who have never expected anything else' He not only could,

but did It was theof a nature that had been

disappointed froiven

up all its hopeful yearnings yet He subdued it, took up the candle,

and examined the room The old articles of furniture were in their old