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So much so, that I was obliged to see him home in a hackney coach at three o'clock in the morning. It was on the tip of the boy's tongue to relate what had followed; but remembering how easily it might be carried to his master's ears, and the repeated cautions he had had from Mr Crimple 'not to chatter, he checked himself; adding, only, 'She was sitting up, expecting him.
The exposure of the Assurance office; the flight of Crimple and Bullamy with the plunder, and among the rest, as he feared, with his own bill, which he had not found in the pocket-book of the murdered man, and which with Mr Pecksniff's money had probably been remitted to one or other of those trusty friends for safe deposit at the banker's; his immense losses, and peril of being still called to account as a partner in the broken firm; all these things rose in his mind at one time and always, but he could not contemplate them.
By your leave! He soon returned with the gentleman in question; and at both openings of the board-room door at his coming in and at his going out simple clients were seen to stretch their necks and stand upon their toes, thirsting to catch the slightest glimpse of that mysterious chamber. 'Jobling, my dear friend! said Mr Tigg, 'how are you? Bullamy, wait outside. Crimple, don't leave us.
This gentleman's name, by the way, had been originally Crimp; but as the word was susceptible of an awkward construction and might be misrepresented, he had altered it to Crimple. No confidences existed between him and the Directorship; nobody knew where he had served last; no character or explanation had been given or required. No questions had been asked on either side.
It being now almost three o'clock in the morning. 'Is he hooked, do you think? whispered Crimple, as himself and partner stood in a distant part of the room observing him as he lay. 'Aye! said Tigg, in the same tone. 'With a strong iron, perhaps. Has Nadgett been here to-night? 'Yes. I went out to him. Hearing you had company, he went away. 'Why did he do that?
'Why, no, Mr Montague, no, returned the doctor. 'We will not say that in the present case, for this gentleman is very far from it. 'So much the better, retorted Tigg. 'So much the more adaptable to the Anglo-Bengalee. Bullamy, clear the table and take the things out by the other door. Mr Crimple, business. 'Shall I introduce him? asked Jobling.
'Not at all, cried the doctor; 'not at all. Quite a popular mistake! My good sir, you're altogether deceived. 'I feel it there, when it's out of order; that's all I know, said Crimple. 'You think you do, replied the doctor; 'but science knows better.
'In Mr Crimple's leg, you'll observe, pursued the doctor, turning back his cuffs and spanning the limb with both hands, 'where Mr Crimple's knee fits into the socket, here, there is that is to say, between the bone and the socket a certain quantity of animal oil. 'What do you pick MY leg out for? said Mr Crimple, looking with something of an anxious expression at his limb.
The other manager of their office in the city, Crimple, David Crimple, has gone off with the money, and is advertised for, with a reward, upon the walls. Some say he's slipped off, to join his friend abroad; some say he mayn't have got away yet; and they're looking for him high and low. Their office is a smash; a swindle altogether. But what's a Life Assurance office to a Life!
'Why, what do you call this? retorted Jonas. 'You don't mean to say you do this every day, do you? 'My dear fellow, said Montague, shrugging his shoulders, 'every day of my life, when I dine at home. This is my common style. It was of no use having anything uncommon for you. You'd have seen through it. "You'll have a party?" said Crimple. "No, I won't," I said, "he shall take us in the rough!"
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