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"How on earth has it happened, Herbert? I always understood you would succeed to an excellent position in Dorsetshire. Did your father disinherit you? Surely not?" HOW ON EARTH HAS IT HAPPENED HERBERT I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD YOU WOULD SUCCEED TO AN EXCELLENT POSITION IN DORSETSHIRE DID YOUR FATHER DISINHERIT YOU SURELY NOT
 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. Different occupations and varying interests had interrupted the friendship, and it was six years since Villiers had seen Herbert; and now he looked upon this wreck of a man with grief and dismay, mingled with a certain inquisitiveness as to what dreary chain of circumstances had dragged him down to such a doleful pass. Villiers felt together with compassion all the relish of the amateur in mysteries, and congratulated himself on his leisurely speculations outside the restaurant. They walked on in silence for some time, and more than one passer-by stared in astonishment at the unaccustomed spectacle of a well-dressed man with an unmistakable beggar hanging on to his arm, and, observing this, Villiers led the way to an obscure street in Soho. Here he repeated his question. URED 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 DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS AND VARYING INTERESTS HAD INTERRUPTED THE FRIENDSHIP AND IT WAS SIX YEARS SINCE VILLIERS HAD SEEN HERBERT AND NOW HE LOOKED UPON THIS WRECK OF A MAN WITH GRIEF AND DISMAY MINGLED WITH A CERTAIN INQUISITIVENESS AS TO WHAT DREARY CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES HAD DRAGGED HIM DOWN TO SUCH A DOLEFUL PASS VILLIERS FELT TOGETHER WITH COMPASSION ALL THE RELISH OF THE AMATEUR AND MYSTERIES AND CONGRATULATED HIMSELF ON HIS LEISURELY SPECULATIONS OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT THEY WALKED ON IN SILENCE FOR SOME TIME AND MORE THAN ONE PASSER BY STARED IN ASTONISHMENT AT THE UNACCUSTOMED SPECTACLE OF A WELL DRESSED MAN WITH AN UNMISTAKABLE BEGGAR HANGING ON TO HIS ARM AND OBSERVING THIS VILLIERS LED THE WAY TO AN OBSCURE STREET AND SOHO HERE HE REPEATED HIS QUESTION
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