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There, close beside him, his face altered and disfigured by poverty and disgrace, his body barely covered by greasy ill fitting rags, stood his old friend Charles Herbert, who had matriculated on the same day as himself, with whom he had been merry and wise for twelve revolving terms. THERE CLOSE BESIDE HIM HIS FACE ALTERED AND DISFIGURED BY POVERTY AND DISGRACE HIS BODY BARELY COVERED BY GREASY ILL FITTING RAGS STOOD HIS OLD FRIEND CHARLES HERBERT WHO HAD MATRICULATED ON THE SAME DAY AS HIMSELF WITH WHOM HE HAD BEEN MERRY AND WISE FOR TWELVE REVOLVING TERMS
t frame of mind which was with him almost chronic, had delayed a moment by the door, peering round in the dimly-lighted street in search of those mysterious incidents and persons with which the streets of London teem in every quarter and every hour. Villiers prided himself as a practised explorer of such obscure mazes and byways of London life, and in this unprofitable pursuit he displayed an assiduity which was worthy of more serious employment. Thus he stood by the lamp-post surveying the passers-by with undisguised curiosity, and with that gravity known only to the systematic diner, had just enunciated in his mind the formula: “London has been called the city of encounters; it is more than that, it is the city of Resurrections,” when these reflections were suddenly interrupted by a piteous whine at his elbow, and a deplorable appeal for alms. He looked around in some irritation, and with a sudden shock found himself confronted with the embodied proof of his somewhat stilted fancies. HIANTI AND IN THAT FRAME OF MIND WHICH WAS WITH HIM ALMOST CHRONIC HAD DELAYED A MOMENT BY THE DOOR PEERING ROUND IN THE DIMLY LIGHTED STREET IN SEARCH OF THOSE MYSTERIOUS INCIDENTS AND PERSONS WITH WHICH THE STREETS OF LONDON TEEM IN EVERY QUARTER AND EVERY HOUR VILLIERS PRIDED HIMSELF AS A PRACTISED EXPLORER OF SUCH OBSCURE MAZES AND BYWAYS OF LONDON LIFE AND IN THIS UNPROFITABLE PURSUIT HE DISPLAYED AN ASSIDUITY WHICH WAS WORTHY OF MORE SERIOUS EMPLOYMENT THUS HE STOOD BY THE LAMP POST SURVEYING THE PASSERS BY WITH UNDISGUISED CURIOSITY AND WITH THAT GRAVITY KNOWN ONLY TO THE SYSTEMATIC DINER HAD JUST ENUNCIATED IN HIS MIND THE FORMULA LONDON HAS BEEN CALLED THE CITY OF ENCOUNTERS IT IS MORE THAN THAT IT IS THE CITY OF RESURRECTIONS WHEN THESE REFLECTIONS WERE SUDDENLY INTERRUPTED BY A PITEOUS WHINE AT HIS ELBOW AND A DEPLORABLE APPEAL FOR ALMS HE LOOKED AROUND IN SOME IRRITATION AND WITH A SUDDEN SHOCK FOUND HIMSELF CONFRONTED WITH THE EMBODIED PROOF OF HIS SOMEWHAT STILTED FANCIES
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