or some similar animal on my breast. In the quick
transition from sleep to waking, before I was com
pletely myself, I raised a shout to wake the dead.
At any rate, I woke the living, and they cursed me
roundly for my lack of manners.

[{WHITECHAPEL I N FI KM A R v.}]

But morning came, with a six o clock breakfast of
bread and skilly, which I gave away; and we were
told off to our various tasks. Some were set to
scrubbing and cleaning, others to picking oakum,
and eight of us were convoyed across the street to
the Whitechape! Infirmary, where we were set at
scavenger work. This was the method by which

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