Passage after passage did he explore; room after room did he peep into; at length, as he was on the point of giving up the search in despair, he opened the door of the identical room in which he had spent the evening, and beheld his missing property on the table.
Mr.Pickwick seized the watch in triumph, and proceeded to retrace his steps to his bedchamber.

If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing.

Rows of doors, garnished with boots of every shape, make, and size, branched off in every possible direction.

A dozen times did he softly turn the handle of some bedroom door which resembled his own, when a gruff cry from within of 'Who the devil's that ?' or 'What do you want here ?' caused him to steal away, on tiptoe, with a perfectly marvellous celerity.

He was reduced to the verge of despair, when an open door attracted his attention.