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lenders obtained shelter in a house next door, and, being
accommodated with a ladder, clambered over the wall of the back-
yard--which was not a high one--and descended in safety on the
other side.

‘I am almost afraid to go in, I declare,’ said Arthur, turning to
Ralph when they were alone. ‘Suppose she should be murdered.
Lying with her brains knocked out by a poker, eh?’

‘Suppose she were,’ said Ralph. ‘I tell you, I wish such things
were more common than they are, and more easily done. You may
stare and shiver. I do!’

He applied himself to a pump in the yard; and, having taken a
deep draught of water and flung a quantity on his head and face,
regained his accustomed manner and led the way into the house:
Gride following close at his heels.

It was the same dark place as ever: every room dismal and
silent as it was wont to be, and every ghostly article of furniture in
its customary place. The iron heart of the grim old clock,
undisturbed by all the noise without, still beat heavily within its
dusty case; the tottering presses slunk from the sight, as usual, in
their melancholy corners; the echoes of footsteps returned the
same dreary sound; the long-legged spider paused in his nimble
run, and, scared by the sight of men in that his dull domain, hung
motionless on the wall, counterfeiting death until they should have
passed him by.

From cellar to garret went the two usurers, opening every
creaking door and looking into every deserted room. But no Peg
was there. At last, they sat them down in the apartment which
Arthur Gride usually inhabited, to rest after their search.

‘The hag is out, on some preparation for your wedding


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