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through his part in the two last pieces as briskly as he could, and
having been received with unbounded favour and unprecedented
applause--so said the bills for next day, which had been printed
an hour or two before--he took Smike’s arm and walked home to
bed.

With the post next morning came a letter from Newman Noggs,
very inky, very short, very dirty, very small, and very mysterious,
urging Nicholas to return to London instantly; not to lose an
instant; to be there that night if possible.

‘I will,’ said Nicholas. ‘Heaven knows I have remained here for
the best, and sorely against my own will; but even now I may have
dallied too long. What can have happened? Smike, my good fellow,
here--take my purse. Put our things together, and pay what little
debts we owe--quick, and we shall be in time for the morning
coach. I will only tell them that we are going, and will return to
you immediately.’

So saying, he took his hat, and hurrying away to the lodgings of
Mr Crummles, applied his hand to the knocker with such hearty
good-will, that he awakened that gentleman, who was still in bed,
and caused Mr Bulph the pilot to take his morning’s pipe very
nearly out of his mouth in the extremity of his surprise.

The door being opened, Nicholas ran upstairs without any
ceremony, and bursting into the darkened sitting-room on the
one-pair front, found that the two Master Crummleses had sprung
out of the sofa-bedstead and were putting on their clothes with
great rapidity, under the impression that it was the middle of the
night, and the next house was on fire.

Before he could undeceive them, Mr Crummles came down in a
flannel gown and nightcap; and to him Nicholas briefly explained


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