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"If you seed the heaps an' heaps o' splendid furnitur' an' goods an' buildin's as is burnt every day a'most in London, an' lost to the owners 'cause they grudged the few shillin's of insurance, or 'cause they was careless an' didn't b'lieve a fire would ever come to them, no matter how many might come to other folk, you'd insure yer house an' furnitur' first thing i' the mornin', ma'am."
"Heth, he's the fine lamb!" retorted the father sarcastically. "Well, I believe they have everything now, down to the little creepy. Good luck to ye, Jack McEvoy; mind how ye go takin' it up the road don't be dhroppin' any of it out o' the cart. Give me compliments to Mr. Rorke, and tell him I hope he'll enjoy my iligant furnitur, an' much good may it do him!"
Just you leave it to me, an' it'll be all right." "Well, I will, Pat; so you'll come round with me to the old furnitur' shop in Yarmouth, an' fetch the chair. I got it awful cheap from the old chap as keeps the shop w'en I told him what it was for. Then you'll bring it out to Eve, an' try to git her to have a ride in it to-day, if you can. I'll see about the wittles arter.
An' he'd got the tooth-paste toobs, an' squoze out the insides, an' painted over every bit o' mahogany he could find doors, an' furnitur', an' all. You can take it from me, that house was a sight after the angel-child got through with it.
'E told me as Job Jagway was up and about again, likewise Job Jagway will be over 'ere to-morrow, along wi' the rest of 'em for the sale, sir." "Ah yes, the sale!" said Bellew, thoughtfully. "To think o' that there Job Jagway a coming over here to buy Miss Anthea's furnitur' do set the Old Adam a workin' inside o' me to that amazin' extent as I can't sit still, Mr. Belloo sir!
"Consequently 'e bought all your furnitur' to set up 'ousekeepin', don't ye see." "Yes, I see, Adam!" Her voice was low, soft and gentle as ever, but the pencil was tracing meaningless scrawls in her shaking fingers. "So you don't 'ave to be no-wise back-ard about keepin' the money, Miss Anthea." "Oh no, no, of course not, I I understand, it was just a business transaction."
"Stop, young man; my respected client, Mr. Jennings, got upon a chair." "Indeed, sir? then he must ha' created the chair for that special purpose: there wasn't one in the hall then; no, nor for two days after, when they came down bran-new from Dowbiggins in London, with the rest o' the added furnitur' just before my honoured master." This was conclusive, certainly; and Floyd proceeded.
"Well, you see," Abe rejoined, "I could tell by t' furnitur that were in it. There was our kitchen-table that I'd bowt at t' sale when t' missus an' me were wed, an' t'owd rockin'-chair set agean t' fire; ay, an' t' pot-dogs on t' chimley-piece an' my father's an' muther's buryin'-cards framed on t' walls; 'twere all plain as life."
There's nothing else much to be fond on, for my furnitur' went long ago. And you'd got to be very good once; I can't think how it's turned out the wrong way so!" Still two or three more days passed, and Maggie heard nothing of Philip; anxiety about him was becoming her predominant trouble, and she summoned courage at last to inquire about him of Dr. Kenn, on his next visit to her.
"Well, to-night, sir, Miss Anthea calls me into the parlour to ax, or as you might say, en-quire as to the why, an' likewise the wherefore of you a buyin' all that furnitur'." "Did she, Adam?" "Ah! 'why did 'e do it? says she 'well, to keep it from bein' took away, p'raps, says I sharp as any gimblet, sir." "Good!" nodded Bellew.
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