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a few yards of my house and never recog- 

 nised it. I suppose it looked somewhat 

 different at night, and, with all the bustle 

 of people shouting and talking around me, 

 my wits were deadened. 



My dinner had been awaiting my ar- 

 rival for some time; it was at once 

 brought in, and I flatter myself I did 

 ample justice to the good things placed 

 before me : but what did me more 

 good than all was a bottle of East India 

 ale, which seemed to throw life into my 

 veins ; but it got up into my head from 

 the fact of my not having tasted wine or 

 ale for a long time. The few days I had 

 been the kotwaFs guest I had resisted this 

 luxury, dreading it's effect upon my head 

 in my weak state ; but on this last evening 

 I resisted it no longer, and realised how 

 weak I still must be, as it sent me off to 



