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"I suppose he thought we had come to the hotel that he had mentioned, for he got out without another word, and followed me down the garden. I had to walk beside him to keep him steady, for he was still a little top heavy. When we came to the door, I opened it, and led him into the front room. I give you my word that all the way, the father and the daughter were walking in front of us. I SUPPOSE HE THOUGHT WE HAD COME TO THE HOTEL THAT HE HAD MENTIONED FOR HE GOT OUT WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD AND FOLLOWED ME DOWN THE GARDEN I HAD TO WALK BESIDE HIM TO KEEP HIM STEADY FOR HE WAS STILL A LITTLE TOP HEAVY WHEN WE CAME TO THE DOOR I OPENED IT AND LED HIM INTO THE FRONT ROOM I GIVE YOU MY WORD THAT ALL THE WAY THE FATHER AND THE DAUGHTER WERE WALKING IN FRONT OF US
 wild, bleak night, blowing hard and raining in torrents. Dismal as it was outside, I was glad within—so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation. If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your reach, you would understand my feelings. I lit a cigar, and puffed at it to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling, and my temples throbbing with excitement. As I drove, I could see old John Ferrier and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me, just as plain as I see you all in this room. All the way they were ahead of me, one on each side of the horse until I pulled up at the house in the Brixton Road. “There was not a soul to be seen, nor a sound to be heard, except the dripping of the rain. When I looked in at the window, I found Drebber all huddled together in a drunken sleep. I shook him by the arm, ‘It’s time to get out,’ I said. “‘All right, cabby,’ said he.  IT WAS NEARER ONE THAN TWELVE ON A WILD BLEAK NIGHT BLOWING HARD AND RAINING IN TORRENTS DISMAL AS IT WAS OUTSIDE I WAS GLAD WITHIN SO GLAD THAT I COULD HAVE SHOUTED OUT FROM PURE EXULTATION IF ANY OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE EVER PINED FOR A THING AND LONGED FOR IT DURING TWENTY LONG YEARS AND THEN SUDDENLY FOUND IT WITHIN YOUR REACH YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS I LIT A CIGAR AND PUFFED AT IT TO STEADY MY NERVES BUT MY HANDS WERE TREMBLING AND MY TEMPLES THROBBING WITH EXCITEMENT AS I DROVE I COULD SEE OLD JOHN FERRIER AND SWEET LUCY LOOKING AT ME OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND SMILING AT ME JUST AS PLAIN AS I SEE YOU ALL IN THIS ROOM ALL THE WAY THEY WERE AHEAD OF ME ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE HORSE UNTIL I PULLED UP AT THE HOUSE IN THE BRIXTON ROAD THERE WAS NOT A SOUL TO BE SEEN NOR A SOUND TO BE HEARD EXCEPT THE DRIPPING OF THE RAIN WHEN I LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW I FOUND DREBBER ALL HUDDLED TOGETHER IN A DRUNKEN SLEEP I SHOOK HIM BY THE ARM IT'S TIME TO GET OUT I SAID ALL RIGHT KEBBY SAID HE
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