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592 tumblers, the sonorous talk of the gambling-table officials, the songs and swagger of the students, and the general buzz and hum of the place had pleased and tickled the little woman, even when her luck was down, and she had not wherewithal to pay her bill. How pleasant was all the bustle to her now that her purse was full of the money, which little Georgy had won for her the night before!

As Jos came creaking and puffing up the final stairs, and was speechless when he got to the landing, and began to wipe his face and then to look for No. 92, the room where he was directed to seek for the person he

wanted, the door of the opposite chamber, No. 94, was open, and student, in jack-boots and a dirty schlafrock, was lying on the bed smoking pipe; whilst another student in long yellow hair and a braided a long