had become narrow-angled, and I could not quite
take in all of my own room at once. The immen
sity of it was awe-inspiring. Could this be the
room I had rented for six shillings a week? Im-

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possible ! But my landlady, knocking at the door
to learn if I were comfortable, dispelled my doubts.

"Oh, yes, sir," she said, in reply to a question.
"This street is the very last. All the other streets
were like this eight or ten years ago, and all the
people were very respectable. But the others have

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v?