As Jos came creaking and puffing up the final stairs, and was speechless when he got to the landing, and began to wipe his face and then to look for No. 92, the room where he was directed to seek for the person he wanted, the door of the opposite chamber, No. 90, was open, and a student, in jack-boots and a dirty schlafrock, was lying on the bed smoking a long pipe; whilst another student in long yellow hair and a braided coat, exceeding smart and dirty too, was actually on his knees at No. 92, bawling through the keyhole supplications to the person within.

As Jos came creaking and puffing up the final stairs, and began to wipe his face and look for No. 92, the door of the opposite chamber, No. 90, was open. A student was lying on the bed smoking a long pipe; whilst another student in long yellow hair and a braided coat was actually on his knees at No. 92, bawling through the keyhole.
