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Updated: June 15, 2025
As the jarring echoes of the heavy house-door, closing on its latch, reverberated dismally through the building, Kate felt half tempted to call him back, and beg him to remain a little while; but she was ashamed to own her fears, and Newman Noggs was on his road homewards.
Mr Lillyvick stood higher than ever; for he had shown his power; hinted at his property and testamentary intentions; gained great credit for disinterestedness and virtue; and, in addition to all, was finally accommodated with a much larger tumbler of punch than that which Newman Noggs had so feloniously made off with. 'I say!
Clerks and servants have a trick of listening, and I should have been very uncomfortable if Mr Noggs 'Curse Mr Noggs, said Ralph, sharply, 'and go on with what you have to say. 'Curse Mr Noggs, by all means, rejoined old Arthur; 'I am sure I have not the least objection to that. Her name is 'Well, said Ralph, rendered very irritable by old Arthur's pausing again 'what is it?
I'll not detain you long. I know you're a treasure to your master, Mr Noggs. He speaks of you in such terms, sometimes, that, oh dear! you'd be astonished. I may say that I do too, and always did. I always say the same of you. 'That's "Curse Mr Noggs with all my heart!" then, if you do, thought Newman, as Gride hurried out. The letter had fallen on the ground.
Uttering a low querulous growl, the speaker, whose harsh countenance was the very epitome of selfishness, raked the scanty fire nearly out of the grate, and, emptying the glass which Noggs had pushed towards him, inquired where he kept his coals.
But the present business of these adventures is with Ralph himself, who stood regarding Newman Noggs with a heavy frown, while that worthy took off his fingerless gloves, and spreading them carefully on the palm of his left hand, and flattening them with his right to take the creases out, proceeded to roll them up with an absent air as if he were utterly regardless of all things else, in the deep interest of the ceremonial.
One of their number advanced, having exchanged the countersign with Noggs; but he failed to make himself understood until Monsieur Souley politely tendered his aid, introducing him in succession to every one present. This I did in the very best manner possible, adding that Hanz might treat them to gin-slings all round.
'Which, unless I am very much mistaken, observed Mrs Kenwigs in making the proposition, 'will not be very long; for such clever children, Mr Noggs, never were born into this world, I do believe. 'There, said Newman, 'that's all. It's beneath you, I know; but I thought that perhaps you might 'Might! cried Nicholas, with great alacrity; 'of course I shall. I accept the offer at once.
'Gone out of town! said Ralph, slowly. 'A mistake of yours. Go back again. 'No mistake, returned Newman. 'Not even going; gone. 'Has he turned girl or baby? muttered Ralph, with a fretful gesture. 'I don't know, said Newman, 'but he's gone. The repetition of the word 'gone' seemed to afford Newman Noggs inexpressible delight, in proportion as it annoyed Ralph Nickleby.
The surprise with which Kate, as she closed the room-door, beheld, close beside it, Newman Noggs standing bolt upright in a little niche in the wall like some scarecrow or Guy Faux laid up in winter quarters, almost occasioned her to call aloud. But, Newman laying his finger upon his lips, she had the presence of mind to refrain.
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