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 !" said Mr. Wadgers, and left the alternative unsaid.

"I 'd go in and ask 'n 'bout it," said Wadgers, to Mr. Hall. "I 'd d'mand an explanation."

It took some time to bring the landlady's husband up to that pitch. At last he rapped, opened the door, and got as far as, "Excuse me—"

"Go to the devil!" said the stranger in a tremendous voice, and "Shut that door after you." So that brief interview terminated.