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What has become of him? I haven't heard his name mentioned for some time." "He's dead." "You don't say so! Quite young, wasn't he?" "Yes; only thirty when he died." "What did he die of?" "I don't know. WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIM I HAVEN'T HEARD HIS NAME MENTIONED FOR SOME TIME HE'S DEAD YOU DON'T SAY SO QUITE YOUNG WASN'T HE YES ONLY THIRTY WHEN HE DIED WHAT DID HE DIE OF I DON'T KNOW
, won’t you?” “Thanks, I think I will. I haven’t seen the curiosity-shop for a while.” It was a room furnished richly, yet oddly, where every jar and bookcase and table, and every rug and jar and ornament seemed to be a thing apart, preserving each its own individuality. “Anything fresh lately?” said Villiers after a while. “No; I think not; you saw those queer jugs, didn’t you? I thought so. I don’t think I have come across anything for the last few weeks.” Austin glanced around the room from cupboard to cupboard, from shelf to shelf, in search of some new oddity. His eyes fell at last on an odd chest, pleasantly and quaintly carved, which stood in a dark corner of the room. “Ah,” he said, “I was forgetting, I have got something to show you.” Austin unlocked the chest, drew out a thick quarto volume, laid it on the table, and resumed the cigar he had put down. “Did you know Arthur Meyrick the painter, Villiers?” “A little; I met him two or three times at the house of a friend of mine. AGE DOESN'T IT WHY HERE WE ARE AT MY ROOMS COME IN WON'T YOU THANKS I THINK I WILL I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CURIOSITY SHOP FOR A WHILE IT WAS A ROOM FURNISHED RICHLY YET ODDLY WHERE EVERY JAR AND BOOKCASE AND TABLE AND EVERY RUG AND JAR AND ORNAMENT SEEMED TO BE A THING APART PRESERVING EACH ITS OWN INDIVIDUALITY ANYTHING FRESH LATELY SAID VILLIERS AFTER A WHILE NO I THINK NOT YOU SAW THOSE QUEER JUGS DIDN'T YOU I THOUGHT SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE COME ACROSS ANYTHING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS AUSTIN GLANCED AROUND THE ROOM FROM CUPBOARD TO CUPBOARD FROM SHELF TO SHELF IN SEARCH OF SOME NEW ODDITY HIS EYES FELL AT LAST ON AN ODD CHEST PLEASANTLY AND QUAINTLY CARVED WHICH STOOD IN A DARK CORNER OF THE ROOM AH HE SAID I WAS FORGETTING I HAVE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU AUSTIN UNLOCKED THE CHEST DREW OUT A THICK QUARTO VOLUME LAID IT ON THE TABLE AND RESUMED THE CIGAR HE HAD PUT DOWN DID YOU KNOW ARTHUR MEYRICK THE PAINTER VILLIERS A LITTLE I MET HIM TWO OR THREE TIMES AT THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND OF MINE
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