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He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and jumped in. 'Drive me to Halliday's Private Hotel,' said he. HE RAN AS FAR AS THE CORNER AND THEN SEEING MY CAB HE HAILED ME AND JUMPED IN DRIVE ME TO HALLIDAY'S PRIVATE HOTEL SAID HE
. I could not imagine what his intention was in returning there; but I went on and pulled up my cab a hundred yards or so from the house. He entered it, and his hansom drove away. Give me a glass of water, if you please. My mouth gets dry with the talking.” I handed him the glass, and he drank it down. “That’s better,” he said. “Well, I waited for a quarter of an hour, or more, when suddenly there came a noise like people struggling inside the house. Next moment the door was flung open and two men appeared, one of whom was Drebber, and the other was a young chap whom I had never seen before. This fellow had Drebber by the collar, and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a kick which sent him half across the road. ‘You hound,’ he cried, shaking his stick at him; ‘I’ll teach you to insult an honest girl!’ He was so hot that I think he would have thrashed Drebber with his cudgel, only that the cur staggered away down the road as fast as his legs would carry him. N THE TERRACE IN WHICH HE HAD BOARDED I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT HIS INTENTION WAS IN RETURNING THERE BUT I WENT ON AND PULLED UP MY CAB A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO FROM THE HOUSE HE ENTERED IT AND HIS HANSOM DROVE AWAY GIVE ME A GLASS OF WATER IF YOU PLEASE MY MOUTH GETS DRY WITH THE TALKING I HANDED HIM THE GLASS HE DRANK IT DOWN THAT'S BETTER HE SAID WELL I WAITED FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OR MORE WHEN SUDDENLY THERE CAME A NOISE LIKE PEOPLE STRUGGLING INSIDE THE HOUSE NEXT MOMENT THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND TWO MEN APPEARED ONE OF WHOM WAS DREBBER AND THE OTHER WAS A YOUNG CHAP WHOM I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE THIS FELLOW HAD DREBBER BY THE COLLAR AND WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HEAD OF THE STEPS HE GAVE HIM A SHOVE AND A KICK WHICH SENT HIM HALF ACROSS THE ROAD YOU HOUND HE CRIED SHAKING HIS STICK AT HIM I'LL TEACH YOU TO INSULT AN HONEST GIRL HE WAS SO HOT THAT I THINK HE WOULD HAVE THRASHED DREBBER WITH HIS CUDGEL ONLY THAT THE CURSE STAGGERED AWAY DOWN THE ROAD AS FAST AS HIS LEGS WOULD CARRY HIM
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