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In the same spirit he said to the gate-porter as he went out , ` If some one staying in the hotel should wish to send across the road to me in the night , a crown will be ready for the messenger . ' In the same spirit , he walked up and down outside the iron gate for the best part of an hour , with some solicitude ; occasionally looking in between the bars , as if he had laid a dove in a high roost in a cage of lions , and had it on his mind that she might tumble out . Nothing occurred in the night to flutter the tired dove ; and the dove arose refreshed . With Mr. Grewgious , when the clock struck ten in the morning , came Mr. Crisparkle , who had come at one plunge out of the river at Cloisterham . ` Miss Twinkleton was so uneasy , Miss Rosa , ' he explained to her , ` and came round to Ma and me with your note , in such a state of wonder , that , to quiet her , I volunteered on this service by the very first train to be caught in the morning . I wished at the time that you had come to me ; but now I think it best that you did _ as _ you did , and came to your guardian . ' ` I did think of you , ' Rosa told him ; ` but Minor Canon Corner was so near him -- ' ` I understand .