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"You'll make that man cut his throat, if you go on at that," said Pollock. "Shall I?" said Maxwell. "Then I'll certainly stick to him for the sake of humanity in general." During all this time Vavasor sat apart, quite alone, and Bat Smithers grimly kept his place, about three hundred yards from him. "We shan't do any good to-day," said Grindley, coming up to Vavasor.
Nathaniel George, with the luck supposed to wait on number three, had lived on, and, inheriting fortunately the temperament of his mother, had brought sunshine into the gloomy rooms above the shop in High Street, Kensington. Mrs. Grindley, grown weak and fretful, had rested from her labours. Mrs.
That horrid Grindley, the dentist, will keep me in town another week." To the latter part of her ladyship's speech Arthur gave no ear. He was thinking for whom could Foker be purchasing those trinkets which he was carrying away from the jeweller's? Why did Harry seem anxious to avoid him?
Postwhistle, who was a stylist in her way. "How did you get him? Win him in a raffle?" "Jones, the agent, sent 'im to me all in a 'urry. An assistant is what I really wanted, not an apprentice; but the premium was good, and the references everything one could desire." "Grindley, Grindley," murmured Clodd. "Any relation to the Sauce, I wonder?"
"I'm sure I don't know," said Vavasor. "That old fellow has got to be so stupid, he doesn't know what he's about," said Grindley, meaning Sir William. "How can he make the fox break?" said Vavasor; and as his voice was by no means encouraging Grindley rode away.
On the fourth, Helvetia Appleyard had occasion to despatch another telegram this time entirely in English. "One-and-fourpence," sighed Grindley junior. Miss Appleyard drew forth her purse. The shop was empty. "How did you come to know Latin?" inquired Miss Appleyard in quite a casual tone. "I picked up a little at school.
"I am " Grindley junior was about to add "well educated"; but divining that education was a topic not pleasing at the moment to the ears of Helvetia Appleyard, had tact enough to substitute "not a fool. I can earn my own living; and I should like to get away." "It seems to me " said the sub-editor. "Now, Tommy I mean Jane," warned her Peter Hope.
I meant to spare you. I was wrong. You shall go through the mill as I went through it. If at the end of two years you've done well with your time, learned something learned to be a man, at all events you can come to me and thank me." "I'm afraid, sir," suggested Grindley junior, whose handsome face during the last few minutes had grown very white, "I might not make a very satisfactory grocer.
For a time the true state of affairs was hidden from the eye of Grindley senior. To "slack" it this term, with the full determination of "swotting" it the next, is always easy; the difficulty beginning only with the new term. Possibly with luck young Grindley might have retrieved his position and covered up the traces of his folly, but for an unfortunate accident.
"It's only just been handed in," explained Grindley junior, somewhat hurt. "You've been looking at it for the last five minutes by the clock," said Mrs. Postwhistle. Grindley junior sat down to the machine. The name and address of the sender was Helvetia Appleyard, Nevill's Court. Three days passed singularly empty days they appeared to Grindley junior.
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