[The Missing Link by Edward Dyson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Missing Link CHAPTER XIX 9/9
"Run me in.
Be quick about it." The crowd was forming about them, only refraining from using missiles out of respect for the law. "Be th' holy, th' baste can spheak!" murmured the policemen. "They'll kill me.
Put me in the cell," pleaded the Missing Link. "Troth an' I will," answered Mack; "but niver a one iv me knows iv ut's lagel arristin' monkeys." Nickie was run in.
Next morning he appeared to answer a charge of insulting behaviour, inciting a breach of the peace, and assaulting the police.
Thanks to Matty Cann, a change of raiment was made in the cell, and Nickie Crips appeared in court in his proper person, and was fined two pounds. Nicholas Crips paid his fine, collected his belongings from the Museum of Marvels, and went forth into the great world again, a man amongst men. His career as an artist was ended..
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