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If it please you, she went to the circus last night along with——" "Is that her ring?" I asked. IF IT PLEASE YOU SHE WENT TO THE CIRCUS LAST NIGHT ALONG WITH IS THAT HER RING I ASKED
here was a feeble tap at the door. “Come in,” I cried. At my summons, instead of the man of violence whom we expected, a very old and wrinkled woman hobbled into the apartment. She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light, and after dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers. I glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was all I could do to keep my countenance. The old crone drew out an evening paper, and pointed at our advertisement. “It’s this as has brought me, good gentlemen,” she said, dropping another curtsey; “a gold wedding ring in the Brixton Road. It belongs to my girl Sally, as was married only this time twelvemonth, which her husband is steward aboard a Union boat, and what he’d say if he come ‘ome and found her without her ring is more than I can think, he being short enough at the best o’ times, but more especially when he has the drink. ME SLOWLY ALONG THE PASSAGE AND THERE WAS A FEEBLE TAP AT THE DOOR COME IN I CRIED AT MY SUMMONS INSTEAD OF THE MAN OF VIOLENCE WHOM WE EXPECTED A VERY OLD AND WRINKLED WOMAN HOBBLED INTO THE APARTMENT SHE APPEARED TO BE DAZZLED BY THE SUDDEN BLAZE OF LIGHT AND AFTER DROPPING A CURTSEY SHE STOOD BLINKING AT US WITH HER BLEARED EYES AND FUMBLING IN HER POCKET WITH NERVOUS SHAKY FINGERS I GLANCED AT MY COMPANION AND HIS FACE HAD ASSUMED SUCH A DISCONSOLATE EXPRESSION THAT IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP MY COUNTENANCE THE OLD CRONE DREW OUT AN EVENING PAPER AND POINTED TO OUR ADVERTISEMENT IT'S THIS AS HAS BROUGHT ME GOOD GENTLEMAN SHE SAID DROPPING ANOTHER CURTSEY A GIRL WEDDING RING IN THE BRIXTON ROAD IT BELONGS TO MY GIRL SALLY AS WAS MARRIED ONLY THIS TIME TWELVEMONTH WHICH YOUR HUSBAND IS STEWARD ABOARD A UNION BOAT AND WHAT HE'D SAY IF HE COME HOME AND FOUND HER WITHOUT A RING IS MORE THAN I CAN THINK HE BEEN SHORT ENOUGH AT THE BEST O TIMES BUT MORE ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HAS THE DRINK
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