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lus! Dan’l, deary Dan’l, let me go ‘long with you!’
And Mrs. Gummidge took his hand, and kissed it with a
homely pathos and affection, in a homely rapture of devo-
tion and gratitude, that he well deserved.
We brought the locker out, extinguished the candle, fas-
tened the door on the outside, and left the old boat close
shut up, a dark speck in the cloudy night. Next day, when
we were returning to London outside the coach, Mrs. Gum-
midge and her basket were on the seat behind, and Mrs.
Gummidge was happy.