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"Heigho!" he said, "Boaler's an uncommonly long time fetching that cab!" Dick felt more injured than ever, and showed it by drawing what he intended for a moving sigh. Unfortunately it was misunderstood. "I do wish, sir," said his parent testily, "you would try to break yourself of that habit of breathing hard. What do you do it for? Why can't you learn to sit at table like a gentleman?"
"The pastrycook's man is looking after all that, Jane," said Boaler's voice. "I've been up outside the droring-room all this time, lookin' at the games goin' on in there. It's as good as a play to see the way as master is a unbendin' of himself, and such a out and out stiff-un as he used to be, too! But it ain't what I like to see in a respectable house. I'm glad I give warning.
He passed the groups of little guests gathered about the conservatory, and lower down he met Boaler, the nurse, and one or two servants and waiters, rushing up in a state of great anxiety and flurry; even Boaler's usual composure seemed shaken. "Please, sir," he asked, "the schoolmaster gentleman, Master Dick he've run upstairs, haven't you seen him?"
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