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he lifted the candle out of the jug, and turning about, never stopped till he had laid his hand on the pack. He felt the deals that surrounded its edges to prevent the goods being rumpled and spoiled by carrying, the cords that bound it, and the canvass in which it was wrapped. "The pack was well enough, he found nought about it that other packs wanted. It was just like other packs made up of the same stuff. He saw nought that ailed it. And a good large pack it was. It would coast the honest man £200, if not more. It would cost him £300 or £350 if the goods were fine. But he would make it all up again by cheating fools like Alice, with his gewgaws." Alice testified some little disappointment at seeing Richard unconvinced, even by ocular proof. She wished she had never seen him or it whowsomever; for she was convinced there was something mysterious about it; that they were stolen goods or something that way; and she was terrified to stay in the house with it. But Richard assured her the pack was a right enough pack.
During this conversation, in comes Edward. He was a lad about sixteen year's of age, son to a coal-driver on the border---was possessed of a good deal of humour and ingenuity, but somewhat roguish, forward, and commonly very ragged in his
