Who is speaking, and why are these words important to the story? a ve got to be in London tonight. know a respectable gentleman who lives there. b "He's such a child!' c "Stop! Stop! Don't take him away."

The Artful Dodger

'Don't fret your eyelids on that score,' said the young gentleman. 'I've got to be in London to-night; and I know a 'spectable old gentleman as lives there, wot'll give you lodgings for nothink, and never ask for the change—that is, if any genelman he knows interduces you. And don't he know me? Oh, no! Not in the least! By no means. Certainly not!'