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But let or not let , I 'm going front into the little dark room . I 'll get the boss to let me off at half past four . So that 's settled . '' He waited for no reply and got none ; but when he appeared promptly at a quarter to five , he found his few belongings moved into a middle room on the fourth floor of the front building , which , oddly perhaps , chanced to be next door to the one he had held under watch the night before . The first page of his adventure in the Hicks Street tenement had been turned , and he was ready to start upon another . When Mr. Brotherson came in that night , he noticed that the door of the room adjoining his own stood open . He did not hesitate .