[The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of Edwin Drood CHAPTER XVIII--A SETTLER IN CLOISTERHAM 4/12
You see that there winder and door ?' 'That's Tope's ?' 'Yer lie; it ain't.
That's Jarsper's.' 'Indeed ?' said Mr.Datchery, with a second look of some interest. 'Yes, and I ain't a-goin' no nearer 'IM, I tell yer.' 'Why not ?' ''Cos I ain't a-goin' to be lifted off my legs and 'ave my braces bust and be choked; not if I knows it, and not by 'Im.
Wait till I set a jolly good flint a-flyin' at the back o' 'is jolly old 'ed some day! Now look t'other side the harch; not the side where Jarsper's door is; t'other side.' 'I see.' 'A little way in, o' that side, there's a low door, down two steps. That's Topeseses with 'is name on a hoval plate.' 'Good.
See here,' said Mr.Datchery, producing a shilling.
'You owe me half of this.' 'Yer lie! I don't owe yer nothing; I never seen yer.' 'I tell you you owe me half of this, because I have no sixpence in my pocket.
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