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One of the men came running to my brother.
"
Where is there any water?" he said. "He is dying fast, and very
thirsty. It is Lord Garrick."
"
"
"
Lord Garrick!" said my brother; "the Chief Justice?"
The water?" he said.
There may be a tap," said my brother, "in some of the houses. We
have no water. I dare not leave my people."
The man pushed against the crowd towards the gate of the corner
house.
"
Go on!" said the people, thrusting at him. "They are coming! Go
on!"
Then my brother's attention was distracted by a bearded, eagle-faced
man lugging a small handbag, which split even as my brother's
eyes rested on it and disgorged a mass of sovereigns that seemed to
break up into separate coins as it struck the ground. They rolled
hither and thither among the struggling feet of men and horses. The
man stopped and looked stupidly at the heap, and the shaft of a cab
struck his shoulder and sent him reeling. He gave a shriek and dodged
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