“‘Why,’ said one of the men, ‘is not that the girl that has been in company with the limping fellow and the soldier all night?’
“‘The very same,’ said another.
“‘Oh! I see how it is,’ rejoined a third—‘where is the old fox concealed? he has not been in the tap-room since this woman left it.’
“‘He’s somewhere in the place,’ said one of the men.
“‘He’ll be found not far off,’ said another.
“Instantly they began to search, when a slight noise in the next stall led them to look that way, and they discovered a pair of legs sticking out from under some straw.
“Straight that hunting note which is raised on the taking of a fox was shouted by half-a-dozen voices, and seizing the legs, they pulled out my little lame friend, the stay and corset-maker, with whom I joined company that morning.
“‘Here he is, sure enough,’ said one of the men, when they had done shouting.
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