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"I have always been rather fond of going over empty houses; there's a sort of fascination about the desolate empty rooms, with the nails sticking in the walls, and the dust thick upon the window sills. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RATHER FOND OF GOING OVER EMPTY HOUSES THERE'S A SORT OF FASCINATION ABOUT THE DESOLATE EMPTY ROOMS WITH THE NAILS STICKING IN THE WALLS AND THE DUST THICK UPON THE WINDOW SILLS
 he most certainly saw in that house, which, somehow or other, had got a bad name in the neighbourhood. I had the curiosity to go and look at the place for myself. It’s a saddening kind of street; the houses are old enough to be mean and dreary, but not old enough to be quaint. As far as I could see most of them are let in lodgings, furnished and unfurnished, and almost every door has three bells to it. Here and there the ground floors have been made into shops of the commonest kind; it’s a dismal street in every way. I found Number 20 was to let, and I went to the agent’s and got the key. Of course I should have heard nothing of the Herberts in that quarter, but I asked the man, fair and square, how long they had left the house and whether there had been other tenants in the meanwhile. He looked at me queerly for a minute, and told me the Herberts had left immediately after the unpleasantness, as he called it, and since then the house had been empty.” Mr. Villiers paused for a moment. FE AND WHAT HE SAW HE MOST CERTAINLY SAW IN THAT HOUSE WHICH SOMEHOW OR OTHER HAD GOT A BAD NAME IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD I HAD THE CURIOSITY TO GO AND LOOK AT THE PLACE FOR MYSELF IT'S A SADDENING KIND OF STREET THE HOUSES ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE MEAN AND DREARY BUT NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE QUAINT AS FAR AS I COULD SEE MOST OF THEM ARE LET IN LODGINGS FURNISHED AND UNFURNISHED AND ALMOST EVERY DOOR HAS THREE BELLS TO IT HERE AND THERE THE GROUND FLOORS HAVE BEEN MADE INTO SHOPS OF THE COMMONEST KIND IT'S A DISMAL STREET IN EVERY WAY I FOUND NUMBER TWENTY WAS TO LET AND I WENT TO THE AGENT'S AND GOT THE KEY OF COURSE I SHOULD HAVE HEARD NOTHING OF THE HERBERTS IN THAT QUARTER BUT I ASKED THE MAN FAIR AND SQUARE HOW LONG THEY HAD LEFT THE HOUSE AND WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN OTHER TENANTS IN THE MEANWHILE HE LOOKED AT ME QUEERLY FOR A MOMENT AND TOLD ME THE HERBERTS HAD LEFT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE UNPLEASANTNESS AS HE CALLED IT AND SINCE THEN THE HOUSE HAD BEEN EMPTY MISTER VILLIERS PAUSED FOR A MOMENT
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