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Sometimes he had lost his money, and then he would ask me to call again; but his wife had always got some had taken his, I dare say, while he was drunk and secretly completed the bargain on the stairs, as we went down together. At the pawnbroker's shop, too, I began to be very well known.
At Turlington's appearance, the old man rose on the bed and welcomed him with greedy eyes and outstretched hand. "Money, master!" he called out hoarsely. "A crown piece in advance, for the sake of old times!" Turlington turned to the women without answering, purse in hand. "His clothes are at the pawnbroker's, of course. How much?" "Thirty shillings." "Bring them here, and be quick about it.
This is so true that it is not, I understand, at all uncommon in Paris, for a Cyprian nymph to send her last robe to the nearest pawnbroker's, in order to have the chance of a prize in the lottery, and to lie in bed till she obtains the means of purchasing another. Nor is this by far the worst part of the story.
But in this country two generations will make one of the baronet's sons a successful shopkeeper, and the pawnbroker's a baronet, or even a peer.
Sherlock Holmes," said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead, "I have a small pawnbroker's business at Saxe-Coburg Square, near the City. It's not a very large affair, and of late years it has not done more than just give me a living.
"Yes; I went with her to the place she called her home a room in which there was scarcely an article of comfort and there learned the history of her past life and present condition. Does thee remember Belgrave, who carried on a large business in Maiden Lane some years ago?" "Very well. But, surely this girl is not Mary Belgrave?" "Yes. It was Mary Belgrave whom we met at the pawnbroker's sale."
The people he lives with are as fond of him as possible, and they can't in the least understand his ideas." "Oh, well, I can live up to the level of the pawnbroker's mother, and like him for what I see to be good in him; and for what I don't see the merits of I will take your word.
I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawnbroker's assistant was a formidable man a man who might play a deep game. I tried to puzzle it out, but gave it up in despair and set the matter aside until night should bring an explanation. It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my way across the Park, and so through Oxford Street to Baker Street.
I must borrow something to-morrow on my watch and chain at the pawnbroker's. Enough to keep me going for a fortnight is all, and more than all, that I want. In that time, or in less than that time, Midwinter will have married me." "July 29th. Two o'clock. Early in the morning I sent a line to Midwinter, telling him that he would find me here at three this afternoon.
His clothes were well cut. His studs, which had very many times been on the point of visiting the pawnbroker's, were correct and good. He was indeed an incongruous figure as he stood there and, with a candle carefully held away from him in his hand, looked at his own reflection. For some reason or other, he was feeling elated. Ruth's words had lingered in his brain.
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