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However, I don't mind. 'Don't you see, Wegg? Mr Boffin feelingly represented to him: 'don't you see? My old lady has got so used to the property. It would be such a hard surprise. 'I don't see it at all, blustered Wegg. 'You'll have as much as I shall. And who are you? 'But then, again, Mr Boffin gently represented; 'my old lady has very upright principles.
'Remarkable case of a person who swallowed a crown-piece, sir? 'To hide it? asked Mr Boffin. 'Why, no, sir, replied Wegg, consulting the text, 'it appears to have been done by accident. Oh! This next must be it. "Singular discovery of a will, lost twenty-one years." 'That's it! cried Mr Boffin. 'Read that.
What Mr Harmon risks, is quite another pair of shoes. Now, I've heerd something lately about this being Mr Harmon I make out now, some hints that I've met on that subject in the newspaper and I drop you, Bof fin, as beneath my notice. I ask Mr Harmon whether he has any idea of the contents of this present paper? 'Bight you are! cried Wegg.
Let me know in a line what you say. O the delight of a cold bath this morning, after those lodging-houses! And a mild sniffler of punch, on getting into the hotel last night, I found what my friend Mr. Wegg calls, "Mellering, sir, very mellering." With kindest regards, ever affectionately, Office Of All The Year Round, London, Tuesday, May 25, 1869.
"I have records to prove that both Captain Wegg and Will Thompson received their money," said West, quietly. "I see it is hard for you to abandon the idea that I am a rogue." There could be no adequate reply to this, so for a time all sat in moody silence. But the thoughts of some were busy. "I would like Mr.
He was so sudden and rough, that Wegg, who had been hovering closer and closer to his skirts, despatching the back of his hand on exploring expeditions in search of the bottle's surface, retired two or three paces. 'No offence, sir, said Wegg, humbly. 'No offence.
Uncle John thought he knew her, too, and was very proud of his eldest niece in spite of some discovered qualities that were not wholly admirable. An extensive course of light literature, not void of "detective stories," had at this moment primed Louise with its influence to the extent of inducing her to scent a mystery in the history of Captain Wegg.
"When the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled if Venus appears. Like the notes of a fiddle, you sweetly, sir, sweetly, Raises our spirits and charms our ears." Good-night, sir. 'I shall have a word or two to say to you, Mr Wegg, before long, remarked Venus, 'respecting my share in the project we've been speaking of. 'My time, sir, returned Wegg, 'is yours.
The man is justified in thinking we're crazy. Give up this idea and think of something else to bother me." But the new proprietor of the Wegg farm was obdurate. During the past week he had indulged in sundry sly purchases, which had been shipped, in his name to Chazy Junction, the nearest railway station to Millville. Therefore, the "die had been cast," as far as Mr.
Tell me your name is McNutt, isn't it? how long have you lived in this place?" "All my life, miss. Thank 'e, miss. Good day to ye, miss." He placed the book in the hammock beside her. "Don't go, please." said the girl. "I'd like you to tell me something about Captain Wegg, and of his poor wife who died, and " "Nuther time, miss, I'll be glad to. Ye'll find me in my orfice, any time.
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