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"Nobody knows." "Where did they go to, when they got here?" "To the Cross-Hands the little public-house in the village. The landlord told Zillah he was perfectly astonished at the resemblance between them. It was impossible to know which was which it was wonderful, even for twins. They arrived early in the day, when the tap-room was empty; and they had a long talk together in private.
At the end of it, they rang for the landlord, and asked if he had a bed-room to let in the house. You must have seen for yourself that The Cross-Hands is a mere beer-shop. The landlord had a room that he could spare a wretched place, not fit for a gentleman to sleep in. One of the brothers took the room for all that." "What became of the other brother?"
On one side, I remark three or four cottages, and a bit of open ground; also an inn named "The Cross-Hands," and a bit more of open ground; also a tiny, tiny butcher's shop, with sanguinary insides of sheep on one blue pie-dish in the window, and no other meat than that, and nothing to see beyond, but again the open ground, and again the hills; indicating the end of the village this side.
He seemed to be pleased he whistled a tune, and said, 'Now we shall do! The landlady at the Cross-Hands is our authority for this. She does what little cooking he requires; and her daughter makes his bed, and so on. They go to him in the morning, and return to the inn in the evening. He has no servant with him. He is all by himself at night. Isn't it interesting? A mystery in real life.
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