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Bridget had gone home. Virtue Ann was putting on the table the bread and chocolate that was to compose Eugene's frugal meal, and the boy himself was sitting in a dull fashion by the window in so deep a revery that he did not hear the door-bell ring, and did not see Sergeant Hardy come into the room.
He only started, and looked up when the words, "At your service, sir," uttered in deep voice, fell upon his ear.