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When I had finished my work, I rose from my knees and stood waiting for John Chitling's directions.
"Run along to the next street," he said kindly, "an' you can tell my house, I reckon, by the number of children in the gutter. It's the house with the most children befo' it. You'll find my wife cookin', likely enough, in the kitchen, an' all you've got to say is that I told you to tell her that you were hungry. She won't ax you many questions, -- that ain't her way, -- but she'll jest set to work an' feed you."