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Chapter 2 A Respected Friend in a New Aspect
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In the evening of this same foggy day when the yellow windowblind of Pubsey and Co. was drawn1 down upon the day’s work, Riah the Jew once more came forth2 into Saint Mary Axe3. But this time he carried no bag, and was not bound on his master’s affairs. He passed over London Bridge, and returned to the Middlesex shore by that of Westminster, and so, ever wading4 through the fog, waded5 to the doorstep of the dolls’ dressmaker.
Miss Wren6 expected him. He could see her through the window by the light of her low fire — carefully banked up with damp cinders8 that it might last the longer and waste the less when she was out — sitting waiting for him in her bonnet9. His tap at the glass roused her from the musing10 solitude11 in which she sat, and she came to the door to open it; aiding her steps with a little crutch-stick.
‘Good evening, godmother!’ said Miss Jenny Wren.
The old man laughed, and gave her his arm to lean on.
‘Won’t you come in and warm yourself, godmother?’ asked Miss Jenny Wren.
‘Not if you are ready, Cinderella, my dear.’
‘Well!’ exclaimed Miss Wren, delighted. ‘Now you ARE a clever old boy! If we gave prizes at this establishment (but we only keep blanks), you should have the first silver medal, for taking me up so quick.’ As she spake thus, Miss Wren removed the key of the house-door from the keyhole and put it in her pocket, and then bustlingly closed the door, and tried it as they both stood on the step. Satisfied that her
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松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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