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For five and twenty years he had lived in lodgings; always within the narrow range of Islington respectability, yet never for more than a twelvemonth under the same roof. FOR FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS HE HAD LIVED IN LODGINGS ALWAYS WITHIN THE NARROW RANGE OF ISLINGTON RESPECTABILITY YET NEVER FOR MORE THAN A TWELVE MONTHS UNDER THE SAME ROOF
us bar-parlours, billiard-rooms, and other such retreats which allured his bachelor liberty. His dress and bearing were unpretentious, but impressively respectable; he never allowed his garments (made by an Islington tailor, an old schoolfellow) to exhibit the least sign of wear, but fashion affected their style as little as possible. Of middle height, and tending to portliness, he walked at an unvarying pace, as a man who had never known undignified hurry; in his familiar thoroughfares he glanced about him with a good-humoured air of proprietorship, or with a look of thoughtful criticism for any changes that might be going forward. No one had ever spoken flatteringly of his visage; he knew himself a very homely-featured man, and accepted the fact, as something that had neither favoured nor hindered him in life. But it was his conviction that no man's eye had a greater power of solemn and overwhelming rebuke, and this gift he took a pleasure in exercising, however trivial the occasion. MAKING NEW IN THE DECOROUS SPAR PARLOURS BILLIARD ROOMS AND OTHER SUCH RETREATS WHICH ALLURED HIS BACHELOR LIBERTY HIS DRESS AND BEARING WERE UNPRETENTIOUS BUT IMPRESSIVELY RESPECTABLE HE NEVER ALLOWED HIS GARMENTS MADE BY AN ISLINGTON TAILOR AND OLD SCHOOLFELLOW TO EXHIBIT THE LEAST SIGN OF WEAR BUT FASHION AFFECTED THEIR STYLE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE OF MIDDLE HEIGHT AND TENDING TO PORTLINESS HE WALKED AT AN UNVARYING PACE AS A MAN WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN UNDIGNIFIED HURRY IN HIS FAMILIAR THOROUGHFARES HE GLANCED ABOUT HIM WITH A GOOD HUMORED AIR OF PROPRIETORSHIP OR WITH A LOOK OF THOUGHTFUL CRITICISM FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD NO ONE HAD EVER SPOKEN FLATTERINGLY OF HIS VISAGE HE KNEW HIMSELF A VERY HOMELY FEATURED MAN AND ACCEPTED THE FACT A SOMETHING THAT HAD NEITHER FAVORED NOR HINDERED HIM IN LIFE BUT IT WAS HIS CONVICTION THAT NO MAN'S EYE HAD A GREATER POWER OF SOLEMN AND OVERWHELMING REBUKE AND THIS GIFT HE TOOK A PLEASURE IN EXERCISING HOWEVER TRIVIAL THE OCCASION
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