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I am afraid we must wait till Richard comes home, for I don't know where a letter would catch him." Mr Bradshaw pulled the bell that rang into the head-clerk's room, saying as he did so, "You may depend upon it, Farquhar, the blunder lies with Benson himself. He is just the man to muddle away his money in indiscriminate charity, and then to wonder what has become of it."
Marneffe, who hoped to get Coquet's place, was to entertain him and the virtuous Madame Coquet, and Valerie hoped to persuade Hulot, that very evening, to consider the head-clerk's resignation. Lisbeth dressed to go to the Baroness, with whom she was to dine. "You will come back in time to make tea for us, my Betty?" said Valerie. "I hope so." "You hope so why?
Jones might have received the letter and hidden it from her; but she saw them in the head-clerk's hands when she came in, and watched him lay them on the desk before the junior partner.
So, to conclude, the head-clerk, who was the late head-clerk's deputy for two years, agrees to take the girl with the business." "Mean wretch!" exclaimed Lousteau. "What! in two hours he has made up his mind?" "Bless me, that is simple enough.
"Your five minutes are up," said Wilkins, firmly, lifting his foot and turning the table, with its contents, over upon the floor. "Ten thousand devils!" shouted Quirk, madly; and catching up the neck of a broken bottle, he hurled it fiercely at Wilkins, who was approaching him. It glanced turned aside by the head-clerk's self-defending hand and struck Guly upon the temple.
Having no light in his chamber, he opened the door, and slowly groped his way down the winding stairs. When he had nearly reached the foot he fancied he heard voices, and, surprised at such a sound coming from the direction of the head-clerk's room, he paused to listen; but the step on which he stood creaked loudly, and the voices ceased.
Marneffe, who hoped to get Coquet's place, was to entertain him and the virtuous Madame Coquet, and Valerie hoped to persuade Hulot, that very evening, to consider the head-clerk's resignation. Lisbeth dressed to go to the Baroness, with whom she was to dine. "You will come back in time to make tea for us, my Betty?" said Valerie. "I hope so." "You hope so why?
So, to conclude, the head-clerk, who was the late head-clerk's deputy for two years, agrees to take the girl with the business." "Mean wretch!" exclaimed Lousteau. "What! in two hours he has made up his mind?" "Bless me, that is simple enough.
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