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There was something about the man that made me shiver. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN THAT MADE ME SHIVER
onths ago; I had had a capital dinner and a good bottle of Chianti, and I stood for a moment on the pavement, thinking what a mystery there is about London streets and the companies that pass along them. A bottle of red wine encourages these fancies, Clarke, and I dare say I should have thought a page of small type, but I was cut short by a beggar who had come behind me, and was making the usual appeals. Of course I looked round, and this beggar turned out to be what was left of an old friend of mine, a man named Herbert. I asked him how he had come to such a wretched pass, and he told me. We walked up and down one of those long and dark Soho streets, and there I listened to his story. He said he had married a beautiful girl, some years younger than himself, and, as he put it, she had corrupted him body and soul. He wouldn’t go into details; he said he dare not, that what he had seen and heard haunted him by night and day, and when I looked in his face I knew he was speaking the truth.  WINTER NIGHT ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO I HAD HAD A CAPITAL DINNER AND A GOOD BOTTLE OF CHIANTI AND I STOOD FOR A MOMENT ON THE PAVEMENT THINKING WHAT A MYSTERY THERE IS ABOUT LONDON STREETS AND THE COMPANIES THAT PASS ALONG THEM A BOTTLE OF RED WINE ENCOURAGES THESE FANCIES CLARKE AND I DARE SAY I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT A PAGE OF SMALL TYPE BUT I WAS CUT SHORT BY A BEGGAR WHO HAD COME BEHIND ME AND WAS MAKING THE USUAL APPEALS OF COURSE I LOOKED ROUND AND THIS BEGGAR TURNED OUT TO BE WHAT WAS LEFT OF AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE A MAN NAMED HERBERT I ASKED HOW HE HAD COME TO SUCH A WRETCHED PASS AND HE TOLD ME WE WALKED UP AND DOWN ONE OF THOSE LONG AND DARK SOHO STREETS AND THERE I LISTENED TO HIS STORY HE SAID HE HAD MARRIED A BEAUTIFUL GIRL SOME YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF AND AS HE PUT IT SHE HAD CORRUPTED HIM BODY AND SOUL HE WOULDN'T GO INTO DETAILS HE SAID HE'D DARE NOT THAT WHAT HE HAD SEEN AND HEARD HAUNTED HIM BY NIGHT AND DAY AND WHEN I LOOKED IN HIS FACE I KNEW HE WAS SPEAKING THE TRUTH
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