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`` Heavily built ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Well ; what did he say ? '' `` He said that you would know what affair he was come about -- that it was very urgent ; and that he could not stay in town beyond noon to-day . He said , sir , that he was to be found till then at the _ Mitre _ without Aldgate . '' Well ; that was enough for me . But I did not relish the prospect of no sleep again ; for I can not trust my wits when I have not slept my seven or eight hours .