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Updated: June 6, 2025
To my bewildered and disordered brain, Aladdin's palace seemed suddenly to rise before me in that wilderness of sealed houses and uninhabited streets; for, as I have said before, the very dogs had crept away that night into secure corners, and not even a pariah chimney-sweep, with his dingy blanket drawn close around him, nodded and dozed by a watch-box or slept on a door-step.
It must ha' been that 'ere naughty little chap as comes sometimes out o' the empty watch-box round the corner, that same little chap as wos found standing on the table afore the looking-glass, pretending to shave himself vith a oyster-knife. 'He didn't hurt himself, I hope? observed the housekeeper. 'Not he, mum, said Mr.
That of the Peacock differed in no material respect from the generality of such apartments; that is to say, it was a large, bare-looking room, the furniture of which had no doubt been better when it was newer, with a spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners; an extensive assortment of variously shaped chairs, and an old Turkey carpet, bearing about the same relative proportion to the size of the room, as a lady's pocket-handkerchief might to the floor of a watch-box.
In despair, but without ceasing to shout, he started at a run across the square, straight towards the watch-box, beside which stood the watchman, leaning on his halberd, and apparently curious to know what kind of a customer was running towards him shouting.
'What's the row, gen'l'm'n?'cried Sam. 'Who have they got in this here watch-box in mournin'? Both gentlemen replied together, but their words were lost in the tumult. 'Who is it? cried Sam again. once more was a joint reply returned; and, though the words were inaudible, Sam saw by the motion of the two pairs of lips that they had uttered the magic word 'Pickwick. This was enough.
But most of the penitents came down, very sprightly and fresh, as having done a real good substantial deed which it would take a good deal of sin to counterbalance; and the old gentleman in the watch-box was down upon them with his canister while they were in this humour, I promise you.
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