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The little hted

arettes by the aid of

little squares of paper which had been brought in with it 'Here! You may have one'

'A thousand thanks, e,

and with the quick conciliatory hted a cigarette, put the rest of his stock

into a breast-pocket, and stretched hith upon the

bench Cavalletto sat down on the pave peacefully There seeaud's eyes to the ihbourhood of

that part of the pavement where the thumb had been in the plan They

were so drawn in that direction, that the Italian more than once

followed them to and back from the pavement in some surprise

'What an infernal hole this is!' said Monsieur Rigaud, breaking a long

pause 'Look at the light of day Day? the light of yesterday week, the

light of six o So slack and dead!'

It ca down a square funnel that blinded ain the