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On two or three occasions he was employed on business which took him to a distance, and had formerly been transacted by Tim Linkinwater. Nicholas could not help suspecting that, for some reason or other, he was sent out of the way on purpose, and that the young lady was there in his absence.
Quiet being again restored, a delicious half-hour so Frank called it, in the course of subsequent conversation with Tim Linkinwater as they were walking home was spent in conversation, and Tim's watch at length apprising him that it was high time to depart, the ladies were left alone, though not without many offers on the part of Frank to remain until Nicholas arrived, no matter what hour of the night it might be, if, after the late neighbourly irruption, they entertained the least fear of being left to themselves.
But there was no time to moralise, for the joviality again became very brisk, and the decanter of port being nearly out, brother Ned pulled the bell, which was instantly answered by the apoplectic butler. 'David, said brother Ned. 'Sir, replied the butler. 'A magnum of the double-diamond, David, to drink the health of Mr Linkinwater.
'I saw nothing of him, answered Miss La Creevy; 'but I saw that dear old soul Mr Linkinwater. 'Taking his evening walk, and coming on to rest here, before he turns back to the city, I'll be bound! said Mrs Nickleby. 'I should think he was, returned Miss La Creevy; 'especially as young Mr Cheeryble was with him. 'Surely that is no reason why Mr Linkinwater should be coming here, said Kate.
Here, Tim Linkinwater, sir Mr Nickleby, my dear sir, leave the room, I beg and beseech of you. 'I think she is better now, said Nicholas, who had been watching the patient so eagerly, that he had not heard the request. 'Poor bird! cried brother Charles, gently taking her hand in his, and laying her head upon his arm.
Tim Linkinwater, give me your snuff-box as a remembrance to brother Charles and myself of an attached and faithful rascal, and take that, in exchange, as a feeble mark of our respect and esteem, and don't open it until you go to bed, and never say another word upon the subject, or I'll kill the blackbird. A dog!
I have slept in that room, added Tim, sinking his voice a little, 'for four-and-forty year; and if it wasn't inconvenient, and didn't interfere with business, I should request leave to die there. 'Damn you, Tim Linkinwater, how dare you talk about dying? roared the twins by one impulse, and blowing their old noses violently.
To these, he applied himself with such steadiness and perseverance that, although he brought no greater amount of previous knowledge to the subject than certain dim recollections of two or three very long sums entered into a ciphering-book at school, and relieved for parental inspection by the effigy of a fat swan tastefully flourished by the writing-master's own hand, he found himself, at the end of a fortnight, in a condition to report his proficiency to Mr Linkinwater, and to claim his promise that he, Nicholas Nickleby, should now be allowed to assist him in his graver labours.
'I have thought of all that, sir, replied Nicholas, clearing his throat. 'I feel it, I assure you. 'Yes, that's well, replied Mr Cheeryble, who, in the midst of all his comforting, was quite as much taken aback as honest old Tim; 'that's well. Where is my brother Ned? Tim Linkinwater, sir, where is my brother Ned?
It was some time after Madeline had left the cottage, and Nicholas and Kate had begun to try in good earnest to stifle their own regrets, and to live for each other and for their mother, when there came one evening, per Mr. Linkinwater, an invitation from the brothers to dinner on the next day but one. "You may depend on it that this means something besides dinner," said Mrs. Nickleby solemnly.
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