Chapter 31: He by Accident Encounters His Old Friend, with Whom He Holds a Conference, and Renews…

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌⁠Our hero, having thus provided himself with a proper subject for his hours of dalliance, thought it was now high time to study the ground which he had pitched upon for the scene of his exploits, and with that view made several excursions to different parts of the town, where there was aught of entertainment or instruction to be found. Yet he always, on these occasions, appeared in an obscure ordin