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Presently his eyes rested on the child, and 'Milly,' he said decisively, 'come an 'ave yer face washed.' He put the children to bed early, and went out. In the morning, when his sister came, because she had heard the news in common with everybody else, he had not returned. PRESENTLY HIS EYES RESTED ON THE CHILD AND MILLY HE SAID DECISIVELY COME AND HAVE YOUR FACE WASHED HE PUT THE CHILDREN TO BED EARLY AND WENT OUT IN THE MORNING WHEN HIS SISTER CAME BECAUSE SHE HAD HEARD THE NEWS IN COMMON WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HE HAD NOT RETURNED
went ta-ta. An' she tooked ve fyowers.' Bob lit the paraffin lamp with the green glass reservoir, and carried it and its evil smell about the house. Some things had been turned over and others had gone, plainly. All Melier's clothes were gone. The lodger was not in, and under his bedroom window, where his box had stood, there was naught but an oblong patch of conspicuously clean wallpaper. In a muddle of doubt and perplexity, Bob found himself at the front door, staring up and down the street. Divers women-neighbours stood at their doors, and eyed him curiously; for Mrs. Webster, moralist, opposite, had not watched the day's proceedings (nor those of many other days) for nothing, nor had she kept her story to herself. He turned back into the house, a vague notion of what had befallen percolating feebly through his bewilderment. 'I dunno--I dunno,' he faltered, rubbing his ear. His mouth was dry, and he moved his lips uneasily, as he gazed with aimless looks about the walls and ceiling. S MOVEMENTS SHE TOOK FOR TOK AND WENT TO TAR AND SHE TOOK FOR FLOWERS BOB LIT THE PARAFFIN LAMP WITH THE GREEN GLASS RESERVOIR AND CARRIED IT AND ITS EVIL SMELL ABOUT THE HOUSE SOME THINGS HAD BEEN TURNED OVER AND OTHERS HAD GONE PLAINLY ALL MANYER'S CLOTHES WERE GONE THE LODGER WAS NOT IN AND UNDER HIS BEDROOM WINDOW WHERE HIS BOX HAD STOOD THERE WAS NAUGHT BUT AN OBLONG PATCH OF CONSPICUOUSLY CLEAN WALL PAPER IN A MUDDLE OF DOUBT AND PERPLEXITY BOB FOUND HIMSELF AT THE FRONT DOOR STARING UP AND DOWN THE STREET DIVERS WOMEN NEIGHBORS STOOD AT THEIR DOORS AND EYED HIM CURIOUSLY FOR MISSUS WEBSTER MORALIST OPPOSITE HAD NOT WATCHED THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS NOR THOSE OF MANY OTHER DAYS FOR NOTHING NOR HAD SHE KEPT HER STORY TO HERSELF HE TURNED BACK INTO THE HOUSE A VAGUE NOTION OF WHAT HAD BEFALLEN PERCOLATING FEEBLY THROUGH HIS BEWILDERMENT I DUNNO I DUNNO HE FALTERED RUBBING HIS EAR HIS MOUTH WAS DRY AND HE MOVED HIS LIPS UNEASILY AS HE GAZED WITH AIMLESS LOOKS ABOUT THE WALLS AND CEILING
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