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And look sharp about it . ' Hugh , with much low growling and muttering , went back into his lair ; and presently reappeared , carrying a lantern and a cudgel , and enveloped from head to foot in an old , frowzy , slouching horse-cloth . Mr Willet received this figure at the back-door , and ushered him into the bar , while he wrapped himself in sundry greatcoats and capes , and so tied and knotted his face in shawls and handkerchiefs , that how he breathed was a mystery . ` You do n't take a man out of doors at near midnight in such weather , without putting some heart into him , do you , master ? ' said Hugh . ` Yes I do , sir , ' returned Mr Willet . ` I put the heart -LRB- as you call it -RRB- into him when he has brought me safe home again , and his standing steady on his legs a n't of so much consequence .