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On another occasion an old white haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform. ON ANOTHER OCCASION AN OLD WHITE HAIRED GENTLEMAN HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH MY COMPANION AND ON ANOTHER A RAILWAY PORTER IN HIS VELVETEEN UNIFORM
e thoughts, or whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy was more than I could determine. I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience. During the first week or so we had no callers, and I had begun to think that my companion was as friendless a man as I was myself. Presently, however, I found that he had many acquaintances, and those in the most different classes of society. There was one little sallow rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow who was introduced to me as Mr. Lestrade, and who came three or four times in a single week. One morning a young girl called, fashionably dressed, and stayed for half an hour or more. The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman. THE MUSIC AIDED THOSE THOUGHTS OR WHETHER THE PLAYING WAS SIMPLY THE RESULT OF A WHIM OR FANCY WAS MORE THAN I COULD DETERMINE I MIGHT HAVE REBELLED AGAINST THESE EXASPERATING SOLOS HAD IT NOT BEEN THAT HE USUALLY TERMINATED THEM BY PLAYING IN QUICK SUCCESSION A WHOLE SERIES OF MY FAVOURITE AIRS AS A SLIGHT COMPENSATION FOR THE TRIAL UPON MY PATIENCE DURING THE FIRST WEEK OR SO WE HAD NO CALLERS AND I BEGUN TO THINK THAT MY COMPANION WAS AS FRIENDLESS A MAN AS I WAS MYSELF PRESENTLY HOWEVER I FOUND THAT HE HAD MANY ACQUAINTANCES AND THOSE IN THE MOST DIFFERENT CLASSES OF SOCIETY THERE WAS ONE LITTLE SALLOW RAT FACED DARK EYED FELLOW WHO WAS INTRODUCED TO ME AS MISTER LESTRADE AND WHO CAME THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN A SINGLE WEEK ONE MORNING A YOUNG GIRL CALLED FASHIONABLY DRESSED AND STAYED FOR HALF AN HOUR OR MORE THE SAME AFTERNOON BROUGHT A GREY HEADED SEEDY VISITOR LOOKING LIKE A JEW PEDDLER WHO APPEARED TO ME TO BE MUCH EXCITED AND WHO WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A SLIP SHOD ELDERLY WOMAN
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