Confessions of An English Opium-Eater : Being An Extract From the Life of a Scholar ; From the Last London Edition
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But my reader shall not have any further cause to complain ; for I now hasten to its close. In the road between Slough and Eton 1 fell asleep ; and, just as the morning began to dawn, I was awakened by the voice of a man standing over me and surveying rne. I know not what he was ; he was an ill-looking fellow — but not therefore of necessity an ill-meaning fel- low ; or, if he were, I suppose he thought that no person sleeping out-of-doors in winter could be worth robbing. In which conclusion, ...how- ever, as it regarded myself, I beg to assure him, if he should be among my readers, that he was mistaken. After a slight remark he passed on ; 1 was not sorry at his disturbance, as it enabled me to pass through Eton before people were generally up. The night had been heavy and lowering ; but towards the morning it had changed to a slight frost ; and the ground and the trees were now covered with rime. I slip- ped through Eton unobserved ; washed myself, 5 Ob CONFESSIONS OF AN and, as far as possible, adjusted my dress at a little public house in Windsor ; and about eight o'clock went down towards Pote's.
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