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Mr Napper, looking out of the corner of one eye at Miss Meakin, stared attentively at Miss Jennings, who was now fully conscious of the attention she was attracting. Mr Webb waited in suspense, with his eye on Mr Napper's face. "You're very fond of draughts," said the latter presently. "Right!" cried Miss Jennings, as she smiled triumph antly at her lover.
Miss Meakin had been summoned to one of the partner's rooms to say what she knew of the subject, and had sat near a table on which was lying Mavis's letter; she had made a note of the address, to write to her directly she was able to do so. "We must have a long talk, dear; but not to-night." "Why not to-night?" "Mr Napper, my 'boy, will be waiting for me outside."
'O that is the celebrated Mrs. Petherwin, the woman who makes rhymes and prints 'em, said Mrs. Napper, in a detached sentence, and then continued talking again to those on the other side of her. The two loungers went on with their observations of Ethelberta's headdress, which, though not extraordinary or eccentric, did certainly convey an idea of indefinable novelty.
"But I shouldn't say you was much good at 'huffing," he continued. "Right again!" smiled the delighted Miss Jennings. "I should say your 'eart governed your 'ead," came next. "Quite right!" cried Miss Jennings, who was now quite perked up. "You're very fond of admiration," exclaimed Mr Napper, after a further pause.
Under the guidance of a Dublin ironmonger, named Napper Tandy, they now proposed to convene a Congress, to consist, not, as before, of delegates from the Volunteer body, but of persons who should be representatives of the entire nation; and Tandy had even the audacity to issue circulars to the sheriffs of the different counties, to require them, in their official capacity, to summon the people to return representatives to this Congress.
"When you got yourself into trouble by monkeying with the accentuations of a buzz saw," he said, "I could see only one way out, and that was to put you into a position where even the disembodied spirit of Calumny itself could not pretend to believe old Napper Tandy's yarn.
It was his practice to take off the wires whatever dispatches there might be passing between Napper Tandy and the railroad people.
Think of an illustrated edition coming out, under the auspices of Napper Tandy M'Dermot, Esq., in which that namesake of your hero undertakes to give your biography, and describes you as the occupant of a garret, in the receipt of wages from government, for manufacturing false representations of characters inestimably dear to patriots, and odious to tyrants only!
Much to her surprise, Miss Meakin, who was now robed in a flimsy and not too clean teagown, had not the slightest interest in knowing if Mavis had recovered her property; indeed, she had forgotten that Mavis had lost anything. She was only concerned to know what Mavis thought of Mr Napper, and what this person had said about herself: on this last matter, Mavis was repeatedly cross-questioned.
"If this lady cares to, she will wait till my return." "Yessur." Mr Napper dismissed Vincent and then turned to Mavis. "If I may say so, I can see by your face that you're fond of literature," he said. "I like reading." "Law and music is my 'obby, as you might say. The higher literature is my intellect." "Indeed!" "Let me lend you something to read while you're waiting." "You're very kind.
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