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There are three men waiting outside, and I'm afraid to go out, 1850. 'Then he remembered the soda-water, and gaining a little energy from his rising passion, he seized the bell and rang it angrily. Sara, silent and sullen as before, entered the room. "I told you to let me have some soda-water," he cried, looking fiercely at her. "I can't get any," was the reply. "Why?". "Because there are three men waiting outside, and I'm afraid to let any one go out." The husband felt the force of the objection. He returned no answer, but remained still watching the reflection of the gas-lamp on the ceiling. Sara stood for an instant, without moving a limb; but, the silence continuing, she took her departure, closing the door as quietly as if she had quitted a sick-chamber'. Illustration from Chapter 11 in "The Fear of the World; or, Living for Appearances", by the Brothers Mayhew, serialised in "Illustrated London News", 1850.